The involvement of Athens and Eretria in the Ionian revolt according to Ehrenberg “put Athens into the center of the unfolding story of the Persian wars”. Herodotus agrees, stating that the dispatch of the ships from Athens and Eretria was “the beginning of the evil for both Greeks and barbarians.” The conflict brought about strong feelings from Athens toward Persia that were carried into future battles. Herodotus records that “the whole episode was probably most important for the later attitudes which it engendered.” The Greeks were motivated into defending their land from the Persians after seeing the fate of the Greeks in Ionia. They knew that if they were conquered according to Ehrenberg that “the freedom of the Greek states would be lost.” Public support in Athens against Persia was gained due to the fate of Miletus. Many Athenians felt that more help should have been provided to protect the cities destruction.
Throughout this process of change, Athens held a grip on the moral validity of its actions, due to the aims and practices, especially the oath, of the Delian League. This enabled it to enforce its rule on the other members and use the League for its own purposes, and thus turn the Delian League into an Athenian empire. NOTE that because Thuc thought these were significant, then they probably were! The first of Thucyides’ paradigms is the siege and capture of Eion in 476-75BC. The League’s actions here removed a potentially dangerous base for the Persians.
The three orders of columns used so deliberately on different temples and structures depending on who the temple was being built for. The columns had grooves in it because it gave the columns more visual volume than that of a plain one. The Ionic pillars at the Erechtheion were sculpted with women on them for decoration. The Parthenon is the temple to the goddess Athena on the acropolis in Athens. The Parthenon is probably the most well-known of all Greek temples and took more than a hundred years to be constructed.
Athenians had been in previous wars and as time progressed it was clear that Athens had to be rebuilt, as the reconstruction process proceeded the Athenian empire began to dominate their allies politically and economically. The Athenians started the Delian League which provided funds for Athens to build up its navy which allowed them to gain power. Meanwhile Sparta, who was a military leader of the Greek world, made their own treaties that reached out to the Peloponnesian with the exception of Argos and Achaea.Both
Well, the war's losses caused much distress which led to a group of antidemocratic citizens to overturn the democracy in 411 B.C. Other citizens were not fond of this so they restored the democratic government. Athens continued to fight on and the end came during the last ten years of the war. This is because the actions had moved to the east, along the western coast of Anatolia and its islands; this was known to be the western boundary of the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire had sent money to help the Spartans build a strong navy.
Xerxes dealt with the Revolts; Revolts in the Empire; Egypt: - Before the death of Darius, the Satrap of Egypt rose in revolt o Protest against the heavy taxes imposed by the Persians o It was believed that Darius increased taxation to fund his expedition into Greece and Building program – Cook - Xerxes inherited the revolt with the death of Darius o Xerxes dissipated the revolt with relative ease o There is a common misconception regarding Xerxes treatment of the Egyptian’s, mainly due to the probable biased recounts of Herodotus. o Herodotus exhibits a colourful interpretation of Xerxes angrily venting his wrath upon the Egyptians and abandoning the tolerant policy of his predecessors. This questionable account of Xerxes efforts in Egypt conflicts with Grangers modern interpretation of Ancient Persia in An Assessment of Xerxes Reign. o Administration aimed to maximize economic return for the imperial coffers o The view that Xerxes treated Egypt harshly after the rebellion is not tenable. o Instead, Xerxes took Pharaonic titles and donated to temples o Kharga Oasis illustrates the imperial government’s desire to extend agricultural production and to keep firm control over revenue raised from renting watercourses - Due to the misconceptions of ancient historians, such as; Herodotus, there is an element of uncertainty surrounding Xerxes retaliations of the Egyptian Revolt.
The Romans were very cautious, however, influence from the upper and middle classes heavily swayed Rome’s decision. These classes saw an intervention in Sicily as a means of enhancing their military ambitions. After much debate their advice was taken, and a Roman force was dispatched to Messana. At the arrival of Roman troops, the Carthaginian commander withdrew his troops, however, they soon sent a larger force back to Messana. The fighting continued south of Agrigentum, where
At the beginning of the period of interest, that is, the beginning of the 5th century Athens is one of the most powerful Greek city states attempting to gain support of other States. Through the Persian Wars they build up their reputation as a protector of the Greek states until near the end of the period where the Athenian empire is formed with allies becoming subjects to the more powerful Athens. Throughout this period Athens built alliances made enemies that led to Athens eventual downfall. The Ionian revolt in 499 BC can be seen as a first attempt by Athens to gain support from Greeks in Asia Minor as Athens provided assistance to the Ionian Greeks in liberating them from Persian occupation therefore allowing them to gain their autonomy back. At this time the Greek states were continually at war with one another and there was no unity between them.
Paige Gay 11/4/12 Fueled by Forgotten Willentz defines democracy as,” Sovereignty rightly belongs to the mass of ordinary individual and equal citizens.” (Willentz 5). The Revolution gave rise to this idea of democracy as it resulted in the first form of representative government. Though the ingredients were all there, the constitution created a form of government that concentrated the power in the federal government. Wilentz notes that an increasing desire from democracy arose from discontents of this fairly new federal government. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that people began to take more interest and involvement in the problem.
A teacher of mine once asked me, “ Did the Romans conquer the Greeks, or did the Greeks conquer the Romans?” I had to stop and scratch my head because I didn’t know what to say . As I continued to think about which side to defend, I thought of how the Romans conquered the Greeks physically , but the greeks had a huge impact on the Roman way of life. The Romans were starting to expand from Italy and take over other parts of the Mediterranean . The Romans were fighting with the Carthaginians , some Greeks were afraid of the romans so they decided to help the Carthaginians to fight the romans . The romans won the battle against the Carthaginians and weren’t happy with the greeks for siding against them .