Fall of Athens

Corey Blackburn
University of Kentucky
HIS 104 Section 004

democracy and the Fall of capital of Greece
The fall of the Athenian conglomerate in 404 B.C., is credited to the Peloponnesian war and the failure of received generals and leaders. However using hindsight it is questioned whether Democracy was the cause of capital of Greece fall. Athenians prided themselves on their Democracy which was a constitution where all of its citizens held equal rights and voted on the issues the nation faced. Leading up to the Peloponnesian war the capital of Greece became a imperialistic state, where they would occupy territory for their own scotch chance on. To answer the question of did Democracy cause the fall of Athens one must look into the economy of Athens and the match that imperialism played in both the Athenian economy and the elected process. How does imperialism relate to the economy in the context of Democracy.
The Democratic system of Athens gave everyone (excluding slaves) equality under the law. To be able to gain power in Athens, one must make promises to the large number so that they will vote in your favor. The biggest promise make to the masses is essentially give them more money. Thus Democracy becomes a very expensive form of government. To satisfy the require of the country Athens had to become an imperialistic state.



To imperialize, means to come across land that is not your own for usually your own economic gain. To combat the Persians in the Persian wars, the countries that inhabited Greece including Athens created a group similar to the United Nations today called the Delian League. After the wars with Persia, the Delian compact became a tool for Athens to launch its imperialistic plans. Athens would use its navy to protect the members of the Delian league, but the members had to pay shelter to Athens to support the construction of ships and to pay Athenians to sail on the ships.
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