1. The Ancient Greeks Part 2

2. Formation of the Delian League
The Greeks decided to form an alliance to
help fight off another attack by the
Persians
Each city would donate money and the
Athenians would manage the defense
The alliances money will be kept at a treasury on
the island of Delos
The alliance became known as the Delian
League

4. Formation of the Delian League
By 454 BC is was obvious that the Persians were not coming back
Athens moved the treasury to the city of Athens
The Athenians used the treasury to rebuild their city, their navy and make the Delian league into their own personal empire

5. The Age of Pericles Between 461 BC and 429 BC Athens flourished
It became the most powerful polis
Under the leadership of a statesman named Pericles, Athens came to dominate the Greek world

6. The Peloponnesian War
Many of the Greek city states protest the rule of Athens and wanted to leave the Delian League
Athens said once a member of the Delian League always a member of the League
When the polis of Plataea tried to leave the League, Athens attacked the city
Plataea looks to Sparta for help beginning the Peloponnesian War

8. The Peloponnesian War
A former Athenian general, Thucydides wrote a history the conflict call the Peloponnesian War
Both sides, Athens and Sparta had a plan to win the war

9. Spartan Strategy
Spartan would organize their allies and invade Attica and attack the city
The Spartans would destroy the farm land and the country side forcing the Athenians to come out and fight
The Spartan would have the advantage with their superior army and defeat the Athenians

11. Athenian Strategy Remain inside their protective walls
Re-supply their city using the Long Walls to the port city of Piraeus and their navy
Let the Spartan wear themselves out

13. The Peloponnesian War Early stages of the war went in favor of Athens
Sparta could not breach Athens’ walls
The city was well supplied by its’ navy via the long walls
To many in the ancient world the Athenian political system seems superior to the Spartan

14. 432 BC In 432 BC disaster hit Athens
A devastating plague broke out in the city
The plague killed more than 1/3 of the people of Athens
In 429 BC the plague even to the life of Pericles

15. What was the Plague?
Typhus- bacterial infection spread through parasites
Smallpox-disease caused by a one of two types of viruses
Bubonic plague- a very deadly disease caused by a bacteria transmitted through parasites
Cholera- caused by the exposure of drinking water to human and animal waste
Anthrax- Bacterial disease that affect both man and animals.
Ebola- viral disease that is almost 100% fatal. Transmitted through contact with body fluids, esp. from the open wounds of the victim

16. Typus

17. Smallpox

18. Bubonic plague

19. Cholera

20. Anthrax

21. Ebola

22. The Later Phase of the War
Spartan change her strategy around 432 BC
Spartan started attack Athens’ allies or helping them rebel
Athens depended on her allies for supplies
Athens now found herself having to not only fight Sparta but constantly re-conquering her allies

23. The End of the War By 405 BC Athens was worn out by the constant war
Sparta had manage to help most of Athens’ allies escape fro her control
At a place call Aegospotami Sparta destroyed Athens’ navy
Without the navy, Athens’ was defeated

24. Results of the War Athens’ had to tear down her wall and the long wall
Sparta took control of the Delian League
Sparta did not know how to manage the league and it fell apart
The Greeks fell back to fighting amongst themselves

25. Watch out!!!!!!
While the Greeks are fighting amongst themselves, the fail to notice a new enemy from the North