OCR ALEVEL Ancient History- Timespan 3 Questions & Answers
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OCR ALEVEL Ancient History
Date of the 30 year peace treaty - ANSWERS446 BC
What were the terms of the 30 yr peace treaty? - ANSWERS1. Athens gave up control of recent conquests(Achaea, Troezen and Pagae)
2.Listed all the members of each alliance, if an ally revolted and deferred to the opposite side the treaty was broke...
OCR ALEVEL Ancient History- Timespan
3 Questions & Answers
Date of the 30 year peace treaty - ANSWERS446 BC
What were the terms of the 30 yr peace treaty? - ANSWERS1. Athens gave up control
of recent conquests(Achaea, Troezen and Pagae)
2.Listed all the members of each alliance, if an ally revolted and deferred to the opposite
side the treaty was broken
3. any state not listed was neutral and were free to join either alliance if wished.
4. no armed attacked allowed, had to settle disputes by arbitration if one side wished
5. Athens forbidden to form military alliance with Argos but diplomatic relations allowed.
Date of revolt of Samos - ANSWERS440 BC
Why did Samos revolt from Athens? - ANSWERS-Samos and Miletus both members of
Delian league were having a dispute, Miletus goes to Athens for aid
-Athens then sails to samos and sets up a democracy casuing the oligarchs to revolt.
What are the events of the revolt? - ANSWERS1. Oligarchs flee to Persia and make
alliance.
2. Bring back force of 700 mercenaries, imprison the leaders of the democratic party
and declare independence.
3. Athens responds by sending 60 ships and seige samos for 9 months
4. When pericles sails away to deal with approaching Phoenician fleet, samians launch
successful surprise attack
How do the Athenians eventually become successful? - ANSWERS1. Pericles puts the
island under naval blockade with large reinforcements forcing the samians to
surrenders.
Consequences of Samian revolt? - ANSWERSAthens pulled down their walls, had to
give hostages, hand over fleet, agree to regular reparations
How is revolt of Samos significant? - ANSWERS1. shows Athenian imperialism
2. a reason for outbreak of the war.
How is Corinth involved with the revolt of Samos? - ANSWERSIn speech to Athens
opposing Corcyra, they make the claim the Peloponnesian league was resdy to
intervene fo Samos but Corinth voted against it.
What are the problems with Corinth's claims about the Samos revolt ?
, How are there claims also significant? - ANSWERS1. A self serving argument, so truth
is dependable
2. If true shows Sparta were for war sue to bi cameral nature of league.
-shows Sparta was concerned of Athenian power in 440 suppprting Thucydides claim of
main underlying cause of the war.
Date of Corcyra dispute - ANSWERS433 BC
Origins of Cornth and Corcyra dispute - ANSWERS1. Epidamnus a Corcyran colony
had a revolution between oligarchs and democrats, the democrats asking Corcyra to
intervene but refused.
2. Corinth answered request for aid resulting in the dispute between Corcyra
3. Corcyra with Spartan support wanted settle by arbitration but escalated to battle at
Leucimme
4. Corcyra were victorious but Corinth start building a fleet to prepare for another attck.
What arguments do Corcyra give Athens to convince them to form an alliance with them
due to Corinth's threats? - ANSWERS1. 2nd largest naval power in Greece and if we
loose that will go to the Peloponnesian league
2. Corcyra is a neutral state so it is not a breach of the treaty to form an alliance
3. Corcyra has a strategic position on the coastal route to Italy
4.Corcyra is a victim of aggression
5.will have Corcyra's undying grattitude.
What are the Corinthian arguments to Athens to concince them to not ally with Corcyra?
- ANSWERS1. If Athens allies with them it will be seen as an act of war and a breach of
the treaty.
2. In the past Corinth helped Athens by dissuading Sparta in involvement with samos
3. Corcyra isn't innocent and you will be complicit in their crimes
What is the Athenian response to the Corinthian and Corcyran speeches? -
ANSWERSAgree to defensive alliance with Corcyra and will only intervene when
Corcyra directly threatened.
What happened at that battle at Sybota? - ANSWERSCorinth had the upper hand
against Corcyra but then Athens intervened with 30 ships , forcing the Corinthians to
turn back.
This formed Corinth's first complaint against Athens.
Arguments for and against Athens being in the wrong for allying with Corcyra. -
ANSWERSFOR
-knew Corinth and Corcyra in conflict, could ahdve chose to stay neutral
- Athens knew Corinth would see this as an offensive act and a breach of the spirit of
the treaty.
-even as a defensve alliance Athens would know it would result in conflict with Corinth
-Corinth has its own right to discipline its own colonies without Athenian intervention
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