The Peloponnesian Conflict Flashcards
What were the first ten years of the Peloponnesian War called?
The Archidamian War
435
War of Corinth and Corcyra over Apidaumos
Megarian Decree
Pericles declared Megara was excluded from all ports of the Athenian Empire; economic doom for Megara
Peloponnesian League
Purpose was to protect its members
Sparta was the head
Included Thebes, Phocis, Corinth, and Megara
Who led the Athenian fleet at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War?
Phormio
434
Alliance between Corcyra and Athens
432
Potidaea asserts her independence from Athens
431
Sparta declares war on Athens
430
Plague in Athens
What was the Plague?
Scarlet Fever
How many soldiers died from the plague?
One-fourth
When was the trial of Pericles?
430
Pericles was charged with-
Misuse of public funds
Pericles had been indirectly attacked through-
Phidias, Anaxagorus, and Aspasia
429
Pericles dies from the plague
Who was the last serious rival of Pericles?
Thucydides
What city-state is known as “teacher of all Hellas, of all the world”?
Athens
Who succeeded Pericles?
Cleon the Tanner
Name all significant demagogues.
Cleon the Tanner
Cleophon
Hyperbolus
428
Massacre at Mytilene barely
General Packes was sent to execute the whole island
427
Sparta captures Plataea
426
Sparta finds Heraclea
425
Siege of Sphacteria
Sparta’s first surrender
424
Battle of Delium
Battle of Amphipolis
Who saved Alcibiades life at the Battle of Delium?
Socrates
Liberator of Hellas
Brasidas
422
Battle of Amphipolis
Brasidas and Cleon die
423
One Year’s Truce
Negotiated by Nicias