Transcript Chapter 9 Lesson 3 - North Plainfield School District

Times of Conflict
 Identify
events that caused the
Peloponnesian War.
 Compare
and contrast the roles of Athens
and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War.
 Explain
how the government of Athens
changed as a result of the Peloponnesian
War.
 Demagogue
– weak leaders who were popular
because they told people what they wanted
to hear, even though it was not true
 Dictatorship
– government with absolute
power
 Mercenary
– soldiers willing to fight for
anyone who pays them

Leaders of Sparta feared Athens would gain too
much power.

The rivalry between the powerful city-states of
Athens and Sparta led to battles known as the
Peloponnesian War.

Pericles invested tribute money into the navy
which alarmed Spartans.

Fought for 15 years (460 BC- 445 BC)

445 BC both sides got tired of fighting; signed
Thirty Years’ Peace Treaty
 14
years after Sparta and Athens agreed on
Thirty Years’ Peace, war broke out again
A
lengthy war between Sparta and Athens for
27 years resulted in the end of the Golden
Age of Athens
 Athens
 Plague
surrendered to Sparta in 404 BC
spread throughout Athens killing many
Athenians including Pericles
 Athens
went through a series of different
leaders
 Demagogues
 In
405 BC the Spartans surprised the Athenian
fleet near the Hellespont and destroyed it
 Spartans
broke up the Athenian Empire and
took control of the Athenian government
 Instead
of democratic rule, Athens was ruled
by a dictatorial oligarchy, known as the
Thirty Tyrants
 Sparta
changed Athens by changing it from a
democracy to a dictatorship
 The
Thirty Tyrants were overthrown, and the
new leaders tried to restore Athenian
democracy
 Since
many people still wanted strong
leaders, Athenian democracy never fully
recovered
 Competition
and conflict continued among
Greek city-states
 Sparta
and Athens were weakened from years
of fighting
 As
a result, Thebes gained power on the
mainland

During Athens’s Golden Age, Sparta and Athens
were the two most powerful city-states

Their rivalry led to the Peloponnesian War, which
ended the Golden Age of Athens

Sparta’s victory in the war marked the beginning
of a period of conflict and competition among
the city-states

This caused the Greek city-states to become
unstable

What was the effect of Athens’s desire for more power?


What events helped cause Athen’s defeat in the
Peloponnesian War?


They changed it from democracy to dictatorship
What changes in governing did Athens experience after the
Three Thousand regained control of the city-state?


Sparta’s attack on Attica, a plague in Athens, the build up of
Sparta’s army
What change did the Spartans make to Athen’s form of
government?
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
Tension with Sparta, which led to the Peloponnesian War.
The Athenians set out about restoring democracy
After the Peloponnesian War, why did Athens, Corinth, and
Argos form the Corinthian Alliance?

To defeat Sparta