The movement toward oligarchy was led by a number of prominent and wealthy Athenians. Introduction The Athenian...
Athens
Power belonged to anyone who could harness the collective will of the citizens directly by appealing to...
Athenian prominence in the story of Classical Greece is no accident. Introduction As mentioned in the previous...
During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his allegiance on several occasions. Introduction Alcibiades Cleiniou...
The losses that Athens suffered in the Peloponnesian War show the sad consequences of the repeated unwillingness...
The epidemic killed upwards of 1/3 of the population; a population which numbered 250,000-300,000 in the 5th...
Even if a treaty by this name was never drawn up, it is true that there was...
The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
Thucydides placed Brasidas’s Homeric ending in a singularly admirable light. By Nathan A. JenningsNATO Planner, Afghanistan In...
The laws aided and legitimized the political power of the aristocracy and allowed them to consolidate their...
Constructing a “national” identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons....
Athens wanted to put an end to the economic competition of Aegina. Kosmos Society / 11.2018 Aegina...