Greek Influence in Ancient Mediterranean

📋 Course Outline

1. Greek and Roman Mediterranean Foundations
2. Athens and Democratic Citizenship
3. Delos League and Naval Power
4. Pericles and Athenian Golden Age
5. Crisis and End of Democracy

📅 Key Dates

1. 431 to 404 BCAthens fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War and was defeated in 404 BC, when part of the city was destroyed.
2. 404 BCSparta replaced Athenian democracy with an oligarchy.
3. 403 BCAthenian democracy was restored, but the abolition of the Delos League prevented Athens from financing it.

📖 1. Greek and Roman Mediterranean Foundations

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Cité : A territory containing a city and its surrounding countryside, governed by a public authority.
• Démocratie : A political system in which citizens hold power.
• Empire : A political system in which power is held by a single man, the emperor.

★ Must-know

• The Roman Empire was founded in 27 BC and spread its influence through military conquests, cultural exchange, and the diffusion of Christianity.

Further detail

• Athens is a city in eastern Greece whose political system is democracy, and from the 5th century BC it extended its political, military, and cultural influence over other Greek cities.