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History of Ancient Greece
History of Ancient Greece
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Laurion
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Site of huge Athenian silver mine founded right after the battle of Marathon (ca. 483). Themistokles convinced Athens to use the funds to raise a huge navy.
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Naxos
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Cycladic Island. In 471, Naxos tries to leave the Delian League, but Athens refuses to allow it. (Empire...)
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Thasos
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An island off the coast of Thrace, an incorporated into the Delian League. Thasos revolted against Athens in 465 in an attempt to bail, and Athens laid siege to it for two years.
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Battle of Marathon
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490. Persians routed.
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Battle of Thermopylae
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480. Second encounter with Persians, led by Xerxes I. Greeks led under Spartan command of Leonidas. Attempt to block a pass, but Persians find another route and flank the small remaining forces. Slaughter.
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Battle of Artemision
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480. Naval battle that happened simultaneously with Thermopylai. Stalemate.
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Battle of Salamis
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480. Naval battle at Salamis. Massive win for the Greeks.
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Battle of Plataea
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479. Last major battle of the Persian War. Huge victory for Greece (they capture Xerxes' tent and mark the battleground sacred).
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Battle of Sphakteria
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425. Athenians capture surrendered Spartan hoplites holding out at Sphakteria.
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Battle of Amphipolis
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423. Spartans capture the previously Athenian-controlled Amphipolis. In a battle, the Spartan general Brasidas dies, as does the Athenian strategos Kleon. Thucydides, a strategos himself, is blamed and exiled.
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Battle of Leuktra
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371. Thebes defeats the Spartan army, ending Spartan hegemony.
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Battle of the Crocus Fields
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353. Phillip II crushes Phocis, backed by Athens, as he moves down into Greece.
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Battle of Chaironeia
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339. A decisive turning point for the Greek world. Athen and Thebes and every greek state except Athens suffer enormous losses to Phillip II at Chaironeia, ending any future possibility of resistance.
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Battle of the Granicos River
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334. Persian army meets with Alexander III with the sole objective of killing him. Here Cleitus the Black saves Alexander. Persians lose and flee.
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Battle of Issus
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333. First meeting between Darius and Alexander. Alexander captures the Persian royal family.
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Battle of Gaugamela
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331. Alexander and Darius meet again. Darius makes a peace offering that Alexander rejects.
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Battle of Ipsus
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301. A battle that was part of the power struggle that ensued following Alexander's death.
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Epidamnos/Corcyra
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Epidamnos a colony of Corcyra, a colony of Corinth. Instrumental in kicking off the Peloponnesian war after Athens allied with Corcyra in its struggle against Corinth.
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Potidaia
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A Corinthian colony and Athenian tributary. It became a point of contention between Athens and Corinth, who fought over it ca. 420.
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Megara
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A key pawn in the Peloponnesian war. The Sparta-allied Megara became a subject of the Megarian decree (432), which banned Megarian ships from Athens' harbors.
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Lesbos
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Island that was part of the Delian League. Athens almost killed all of the men on the island when it revolted in 428.
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Battle of Amphipolis
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423. Spartans capture the previously Athenian-controlled Amphipolis. In a battle, the Spartan general Brasidas dies, as does the Athenian strategos Kleon. Thucydides, a strategos himself, is blamed and exiled.
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Battle of Leuktra
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371. Thebes defeats the Spartan army, ending Spartan hegemony.
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Battle of the Crocus Fields
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353. Phillip II crushes Phocis, backed by Athens, as he moves down into Greece.
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Battle of Chaironeia
Definition
339. A decisive turning point for the Greek world. Athen and Thebes and every greek state except Athens suffer enormous losses to Phillip II at Chaironeia, ending any future possibility of resistance.
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Battle of the Granicos River
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334. Persian army meets with Alexander III with the sole objective of killing him. Here Cleitus the Black saves Alexander. Persians lose and flee.
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Battle of Issus
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333. First meeting between Darius and Alexander. Alexander captures the Persian royal family.
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Battle of Gaugamela
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331. Alexander and Darius meet again. Darius makes a peace offering that Alexander rejects.
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Battle of Ipsus
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301. A battle that was part of the power struggle that ensued following Alexander's death.
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Epidamnos/Corcyra
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Epidamnos a colony of Corcyra, a colony of Corinth. Instrumental in kicking off the Peloponnesian war after Athens allied with Corcyra in its struggle against Corinth.
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Potidaia
Definition
A Corinthian colony and Athenian tributary. It became a point of contention between Athens and Corinth, who fought over it in 432.
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Megara
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A key pawn in the Peloponnesian war. The Sparta-allied Megara became a subject of the Megarian decree (432), which banned Megarian ships from Athens' harbors.
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Lesbos
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Island that was part of the Delian League. Athens almost killed all of the men on the island when it revolted in 428.
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Syracuse
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Site of the Sicilian Expedition (416-413) and an ally of Sparta.
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Aegospotami
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Site near the Hellespont where the Athenian fleet was destroyed by the Spartan fleet built by Lysander. (405)
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Megalopolis
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City founded in the Peloponnese by Thebes in 371.
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Olynthus
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Sacked by Phillip in 348.
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Epidauros (Asklepios)
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Town in northern Peloponnese, and main sanctuary of healing god Asklepios.
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Vergina
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A town in Macedonia where the Aigai, the ancient tomb of Phillip II, was discovered.
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Phocis
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Fought against Thebes in the Third Sacred War (355-46), fell to Phillip with the rest of the Greeks.
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Alexandria
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Colony in Egypt established by Alexander III in 331.
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Persepolis
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Great capitol of the Achaemenid Empire. Destroyed by Alexander in 330.
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Pergamon
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Asia Minor city that became an important center for Hellenistic culture and art during the 3rd Century. Adopted a narrative of being a second Athens.
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Peloponnesian League
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Lasted from 6th Century until 371 when Sparta fell to Thebes at the Battle of Leuktra.
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Delian League
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Formed by Athens in 478 after the Battle of Plataea. Dissolved in 404 after Athens loses the Peloponnesian War.
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Cleruchy
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A type of colony that Athens favored in the 5th and 4th Centuries, which was, well, more "colonial" than the other models.
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Peace of Kallias
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Peace treaty ending the Persian war. Negotiated by Kallias and signed in 448.
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Tholos
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Multipurpose structure in the Athenian agora.
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Ephebes
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Adolescent.
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Metic
Definition
Non-citizen residents.
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Kritios Boy
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Important sculpture. Dates to ca. 480 B.C.
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Kerameikos
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Athenian cemetery.
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Thirty Years' Peace
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Treaty between Athens and Sparta signed in 445. This ended the First Peloponnesian War.
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Macedonian Kings
Definition
Alexander I
Archilaus
Perdiccas III
Phillip II
Alexander III
Alexander IV
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Spartan Kings
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Leonidas
Pausinias
Archidamnos
Agis
Agesilaus
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