Delian League

Question 1

Origins

Athenians and their Allies

Answer 1

• fear of persian attack
• Spartan introversion in the Peloponnese
• Lesbos, Chios and Samos appeal to Athens - navy, money and interested in trade
• Aristedes the Just in charge of drafting up terms, a lot of power in Athen’s hands

Question 2

Aims

Answer 2

• Remove persian influence in the Greek states
• Seek compensation for war damages
• Provide security for States
• Thucydides - Athenian hidden agenda to bring states under control

Question 3

Organisation

Answer 3

• Phoros - each state paid money or contributed to navy
• Headquarters in Delos
• Democratic ideal in voting system

Question 4

Activities

Answer 4

• Byzantium, Eion - Persians expelled
• Scyros - Freed from piracy to establish trade, set up colony
• Carystus - Forced; Naxos - enslaved by Cimon due to revolt
• Eurymedon: Persian battle in Aegean

Question 5

League to Empire

“For this position it was the allies themselves.. to blame” - Thucydides

Answer 5

• cleruchies
• Subject states - Thasos metal mines cleruchy conflict
• navy in Athenian control
• Cimon: ‘Creator of empire’ Michael Grant

Question 6

Developments

Aggressive imperial policy - overt dominance

Answer 6

• Power of Athens grows - Pericles
• Treasury and courts moved to Athens
• Erythrae - democracy; cleinias - taxes; coinage - uniform currency; chalcis - euboean revolt oath
• power to the thetes, citizenship law
• Egyptian expedition; euboea, samos, chersonese

Question 7

Athens and Sparta

Spartan Ultimatum

At the break of the 30 years peace

Answer 7

• Free all allies/subject states
• Revoke the Megaran decree
  “Sparta was plotting against us… They prefer to settle through war than by peaceful negotiations”