Age of Pericles

Athens

• Athen’s best under Pericles• Delian League alliance against Persia• Direct Democracy All male citizens vote• Ostracism- protected Athens from bad

politicians• Rebuilt damage caused by the Persians

Age of Pericles

Athens Economy

• Based on farming and trade• Imports (Buys from other places) grain to

support the huge population• Peraievs huge trading port

The Athens Family

• Husband, wife, children, other relatives, and slaves.

• Husbands had complete control• Women’s lives were restricted

• After Persia, Sparta and Athens become very competitive, leads to war.

• Lasts 25 years• Athens stays behind walls, Sparta sieges. • 2nd year plague breaks out in Athens, many die• Sparta beats Athens.

The Great Peloponnesian War

• Weakened all Greek powers• Sparta and Athens continue petty wars• No Chance of Cooperation ever agin

Consequences of the War