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Classical History 18-30
Classical History Cards 18-30
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12/03/2011

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18a. Where did the few Athenians who escaped Athens after the Peloponnesian War go?
Definition
The refugees from Athens after the Peloponnesian War went to Corinth and Thebes.
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18b. What did the refugee Athenians do in Corinth and Thebes after the Peloponnesian War?
Definition
They started to raise an army. Thebes and Athens formed an alliance, and Sparta attacked them, ending the Spartan hegemony.
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19. During the Spartan hegemony, who controlled the Greek city-states?
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Lysander controlled the Greek City States after the Peloponnisian War because he was the winner! Lysander was the Spartan General.
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20. Hegemony
Definition
Leadership or predominant influence of one nation over others.
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21. Which Spartan ended the democratic government in Athens after the Peloponnesian War?
Definition
Lysander. He was the winning Spartan General.
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22. What form of government did Lysander set up in Athens after the Peloponnesian War.
Definition
An oligarch, which was rule by a few. 3,000 men, in this case.
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23. What were the members of this Oligarch in Athens called?
Definition
The Thirty Tyrants.
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24. With whom did Sparta enter an alliance in order to increase its power?
Definition
Lysander was appointed Spartan navarch (admiral) for the Aegean Sea in 407 BC. It was during this period that he gained the friendship and support of Cyrus the Younger, a son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis.
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25. Who laid the foundation for Greek philosophy?
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Socrates
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26. What did the king of Sparta do that brought about the end of the Spartan hegemony?
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He attacked and captured the city of Thebes for no reason. On the next few years Sparta mounted 4 expeditions against Thebes which completely failed to bring Thebes to heel.
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27. Who was the king of Sparta during the Spartan hegemony?
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King Agesliaus
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28a. Name the battle that ended the Spartan hegemony.
Definition
Battle of Leuctra.
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28b. Who was involved in the Battle of Leuctra?
Definition
Thebes and Athens against Sparta.
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29. Which hegemony began after the Spartan hegemony ended?
Definition
The Theban Hegemony, because the Thebians WON!
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30. Name three things Thebes did to Sparta after the end of the Spartan hegemony.
Definition
1. Ended Sparta's Peloponnesian League and formed a new league that did not include Sparta.
2. Took territory away from the Spartans
3. Freed all the Helots (between free men and slaves. Tied to the land in Sparta, they worked in agriculture as a majority and economically supported the Spartan citizens. They were ritually mistreated, humiliated and even slaughtered: every autumn, during the crypteia, they could be killed by a Spartan citizen without fear of repercussion), and allowed them to set up an independent state.
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