Match Event to its Description Flashcards

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“Thirty Tyrants”

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Pro-Spartan oligarchic government that was temporarily installed in Athens once the Peloponnesian War ended and before democracy was restored

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Archidamian War

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Term for the first peloponnesian war

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Asiatic Vespers

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Massacre of Roman and Italian merchants in Asia Minor and beyond

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Boiotian League

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Alliance that had the Council of 600 who would eventually be led by Thebes

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Corinthian War

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After the end of the Peloponnesian War where there was an alliance of Greek cities against Spartan expansionism

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Decelean or Ionian War

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Term for the Second Peloponnesian War

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What did Decree of 324 BC prescribe?

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The return of Greek mercenaries, older Macedonians and exiles to their home cities

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Delian League

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Heir to the Hellenic League intended to include all Greeks, based originally in Delos

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Expedition of the 10,000

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Invasion of babylonia led by Cyrus the Younger

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Great Satraps’ Revolt

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Series of revolts against corruption of the Persian Empire

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Hellenic League

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Alliance between Athens and its allies during the Persian War

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Ionian Revolt

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Revolt in Miletos to install democracy led by Aristagoras

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King’s Peace

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Ultimatum sent to Athens and Sparta by King of Persia

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Lamian War

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The revolt of Greek cities against Macedon that resulted in the installation of a Macedonian garrison in Athens

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League of Corinth

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A new “Hellenic League” with Phillip II as hegemon

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Megarian Decree

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Excluded Megarian merchants from all ports in the Athenian empire, resulting in Spartan interference

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Mithridatic Wars

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Conflict between Rome and the Greeks led by the King of Pontus

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Mutiny at Otis

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Protest of the integration of Persian forces

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Peace of Nicias

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Temporary peace between Sparta and Athens in which hostages are released from Sphacteria, marking the end of the first Peloponnesian War

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Agreement that leaves Athens powerless against Macedonians

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Peace of Philocrates

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Pentecontaetia

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Fifty year period preceding the Peloponnesian Wars

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Pericles’ Citizenship Law

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Law determining that both parents must be Athenian in order for their child to hold citizenship

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Reforms of Ephialtes

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Radical democratic reforms in Athens which diminished the power of the Areopagus by distributing it to other councils (boule, ekklesia, heliaia)

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Second Athenian League

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Alliance with 70 members who retained independence

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Sicilian Expedition
Disastrous intervention of Athens against Syracuse
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Solon's Reforms
Reorganization of political body of Athens that recategorized social classes, and established equilibrium but only temporarily
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Susa Weddings
Marriages arranged between Macedonian hetairoi and Persian noble women
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Syrian Wars
War between the Seleucids and Ptolemies
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Theoric Fund
Public fund as part of the Second Athenian League
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Thessalian League
Alliance for which Philip II becomes hegemon after Crocus, incorporating this region into Macedon
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Thirty Year's Peace
Failed agreement negotiated between Sparta and Athens prior to the Peloponnesian Wars