Athenian Leaders
Who overthrew Isaguras
What is The Athenian People
What was the boat the Athenian Navy used
What is Triremes
What did the Spartans force the Athenians to do after they defeated them?
Forced them to join their empire.
What form of government did they have?
Democracy
Who delared war on Sparta?
Pericles
What happened to Pericles in 429BC
What is he died
How did the Spartans use their navy
What was to cut off supplies that were going to the Athenian people
Who did Isagrus turn to in 508 BC to help overthrow Cleisthenes?
Sparta
What building was built on top of the Acropolis?
Parthenon
Why was Sparta's navy important?
It cut off Athens food supplies.
How was Themistocles different than all the other rulers that came before him?
What is he wasn't a member of Aristocracy
What did the Athenians do to the Generals that came back from the battle at Syracuse
What is put them in prison
What did the Spartans do in 430 BC
Attack Athens
How did the pay for the Triremes?
The money they got from the silver.
What additional cargo did the grain boats that fed the city of Athens bring at the end of the first year?
Plague
Who is the father of democracy?
What is Cleisthenes
How many Hoplites did Athens bring to the battle at Marathon
What is 10,000
Who did Phideppides ask for help from?
Sparta
What was the situation in Athens in 508 BC?
The people of Athens were turning on their leaders.
Why was the imprisonment of Athenian navy generals that were were unable to bring back dead bodies crucial?
Who created the triremes
What is Themistocles
How did the battle of Salamis affect Athens as a regional power, economically, and politically?
What is gave them regional power
What was Syracuse?
A Spartan territory.
What class did Athenian rulers come from before democracy?
Aristocracy
What daring plan did Pericles present in the year of 431 BC?
Declared war on Sparta.