Match Event to its Description

Question 1

“Thirty Tyrants”

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Archidamian War

Answer 2

Term for the first peloponnesian war

Question 3

Asiatic Vespers

Answer 3

Massacre of Roman and Italian merchants in Asia Minor and beyond

Question 4

Boiotian League

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Corinthian War

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Decelean or Ionian War

Answer 6

Term for the Second Peloponnesian War

Question 7

What did Decree of 324 BC prescribe?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Delian League

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Expedition of the 10,000

Answer 9

Invasion of babylonia led by Cyrus the Younger

Question 10

Great Satraps’ Revolt

Answer 10

Series of revolts against corruption of the Persian Empire

Question 11

Hellenic League

Answer 11

Alliance between Athens and its allies during the Persian War

Question 12

Ionian Revolt

Answer 12

Revolt in Miletos to install democracy led by Aristagoras

Question 13

King’s Peace

Answer 13

Ultimatum sent to Athens and Sparta by King of Persia

Question 14

Lamian War

Answer 14

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

Question 15

League of Corinth

Answer 15

A new “Hellenic League” with Phillip II as hegemon

Question 16

Megarian Decree

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Mithridatic Wars

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Mutiny at Otis

Answer 18

Protest of the integration of Persian forces

Question 19

Peace of Nicias

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Agreement that leaves Athens powerless against Macedonians

Answer 20

Peace of Philocrates

Question 21

Pentecontaetia

Answer 21

Fifty year period preceding the Peloponnesian Wars

Question 22

Pericles’ Citizenship Law

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Reforms of Ephialtes

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Second Athenian League

Answer 24

Alliance with 70 members who retained independence

Question 25

Sicilian Expedition

Answer 25

Disastrous intervention of Athens against Syracuse

Question 26

Solon’s Reforms

Answer 26

Reorganization of political body of Athens that recategorized social classes, and established equilibrium but only temporarily

Question 27

Susa Weddings

Answer 27

Marriages arranged between Macedonian hetairoi and Persian noble women

Question 28

Syrian Wars

Answer 28

War between the Seleucids and Ptolemies

Question 29

Theoric Fund

Answer 29

Public fund as part of the Second Athenian League

Question 30

Thessalian League

Answer 30

Alliance for which Philip II becomes hegemon after Crocus, incorporating this region into Macedon

Question 31

Thirty Year’s Peace

Answer 31

Failed agreement negotiated between Sparta and Athens prior to the Peloponnesian Wars