HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Athens assumed a predominant role in the Delian League.
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Athens refused to support the Peloponnesian League at Marathon.
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Athens was suspicious of Sparta’s ever-increasing influence in the region.
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Athens encroached on Spartan territory by building walls around it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Delian and the Peloponnesian Leagues were two groups of allies that were run by the Athenians and Spartans. The Delian League was founded and ran by the city-state of Athens, while the Peloponnesian League was founded and ran by the Spartans. Athens and Sparta were both the most powerful allies in their leagues.
Detailed explanation-2: -With his History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides chronicled what was perhaps the most momentous event of the ancient Greek world. He explored the major personalities on each side of the conflict and examined the political origins of the clash between Sparta and an ascendant Athens.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is divided into eight books that together cover twenty-one of the twenty-seven years of the Peloponnesian war – the war fought between Athens, and its empire, and the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta at the end of the 5th century BC.
Detailed explanation-4: -The League was founded so that Sparta might protect itself against both a possible uprising of Sparta’s helots and regional rival Argos.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sparta was jealous of other powers and desired more power for itself. Sparta was unhappy at no longer having all the military glory. Athen bullied its allies and neutral cities. There was a conflict among city-states between competing political ideologies. 05-Sept-2019