# GEP1005 Week 7 part 3

**Channel:** BAUGO
**Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9DX8V9m00
**Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/kl9DX8V9m00

## Chapters

- 0:09 — Athens and Sparta After Persia
- 1:48 — Greek Expansion and Rivalry Deepens
- 2:58 — Pericles and the Early War Strategy
- 4:22 — Alcibiades and Athens' Decline
- 5:44 — Athens Falls and the War Ends

## Transcript

**[0:09]:** following the years of the persian wars athens authoritarian control of colonials based on military force and heavy tribute when persians retreated from atoms and remain in the borderlands the two rivals and growing colonial powers of the greek peninsula atoms and sparta became in contests for the leadership their biggest concern was who was going to dominate the peninsula while sparta represented discipline control and military athens represented extensive trade creative culture and direct democracy in contrast with the spartan aristocracy however italian government was shaped by considerable aristocratic control behind the scenes for example the italian leader pericles who was an aristocrat guided the city during the glorious time of athens after the middle of the fifth century the development of the demos style government occurred under pericles he was a berylline general politician orator and patron of the arts during 440s and 430s pericles used the league's treasury to fund what cultural projects in athens most notably

**[1:30]:** a series of structures on the city's hilltop acropolis and the temple of athena nike you will learn more about the greek culture and architecture in the next chapter pericles transformed his city's audiences into an empire and graced its

**[1:48]:** acropolis with the famous personnel while athens was in its golden age sparta felt endangered in due time the contest between athens and sparta would yield the peloponnesian war which i'll talk about in a short while in the mauryan peninsula sparta was an aristocrative alternative to the athenian system of dubose sparta and athens were the two leaders of the region and in contests to make colonies and to become leader of the all city-states they both had colonias in the peloponnesia and in the agency however the number of colonies of athens was much higher than spite on ones spartan aristocratic rule was admired by traditional athenians as a result of four centuries of greek political evolution between 800 and 400 bc greek colonies already spread around the mediterranean this led to the expansion of the greek culture and political ideas as well after the re-treatment of the persians from athens the competing powers became the parties of

**[2:58]:** the long-lasted peloponnesian war from 431 to 404 bc and in 431 bc the conflict between athens and sparta's like current push the spartan king to invade atika near athens perigles used the strategy of evacuating the attic countryside in order to deny the superior spartan armies anyone to fight pericles collected all his people within the walls of athens and the spartans found atika empty athenians attacked sparta's allies from the sea this financially costly strategy worked well during the war's early years but a plague hit the athenian population although perigles was briefly deposed in 430 bc and attendance are forced to negotiate with sparta failed he could regain his former position in athens he himself also died from plague in 429 bc his strategies were quickly abundant and the new leaders could not manage feasible strategies during the last phase of the war archbiadis rose to the level of general and became a leader in athens against

**[4:22]:** spartans as the war prolonged and athenians could not succeed to defeat the spartans al-kibiadis was accused of mismanagement of athens he was an aristocrat and ambitious leader eager to fight and conquer he saw war as an opportunity for personal glory urgently urging the democratic assembly he rejected peace opportunities with sparta after a while he joined the spartans against atons but later interestingly and ironically he regained his paper popular position in athens and again became commander in navy although he betrayed athens he fled when athens lost but spartans murdered him his political antagonisms in athens were seen as the main causes of athens defeat by sparta archibald is case used by some historians as an example to show how democracies can choose dangerous leaders when they face crisis and when the waters are attracted by promises of easy gains in 404 bc spartan general cut off food supply to athens and the city surrendered thus a

**[5:44]:** political age ended with attends

**[5:50]:** fall you