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-Corinthian colony but member of Delian League.
-Athens did not like the relationship they had with Corinth
-Athens tears down seaward defenses |
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Decree Against Megara
432 |
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-Excluded Megara merchants from all ports in Athenian Empire
-Devastate economy |
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-threaten crops
-force Athens into infantry battle |
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-allow devestation of land
-rural population moved to city
-Athens became impregnable to attack
-launched seaborne raids on Peloponnesian coast |
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-1,000 men killed
-walls torn down
-ships confiscated
-allotments: people required to pay Athenian landholders and work the land |
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-On Navarino Bay
-Spartan place hoplites on island
-Led by Cleon, Athenians defeat Spartans
-Cleon refuses peace with Sparta |
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-Thucydides claims he couldn't make it in time to save the city
-As a result, he was exiled |
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-lasted 50 years
-guaranteed status quo
-Athens kept empire
-Sparta returned Amphipolis |
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-Athenians want Melos because it's only island in area not part of its alliance
-Melos was one of Spartan colonies
-declared itself neutral
-Sparta is mother city
-Athens takes it by force, probably instigation of Alcibiades |
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-city walls torn down
-empire dissolved
-surrender all but 12 ships
-give up democracy
-ruled by oligarchy, 30 tyrants |
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