5/24/2023 0 Comments The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth![]() ![]() Though the city endured as an independent democracy until the conquest of Greece in 338 by Philip of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great), its defeat in the Peloponnesian War marked the end of the Athenian Golden Age. Athenian expansionism finally forced Sparta to lead a coalition against her rival (The Peloponnesian War, 431–404). ![]() ![]() But independent popular rule in Athens-the focus of this class-lasted for less than two centuries, during which the city, after playing a leading role in the liberation of Greece from foreign control (The Persian Wars, 490–479 BC), grew into an Empire that imposed democracy on its subjects-some willing and others not-as a means of enriching and empowering itself. It is natural, after nearly two-and-a-half centuries, to think of our democracy as unshakeable and eternal. Course Description: America's founders, when establishing our political institutions, took elements from those of ancient Athens and Rome, which pioneered representative government in various (and changing) forms. Syllabus and Reading Schedule for The Rise and Fall of Popular Rule-Athens (Integrated Humanities Program, History Module, Fall 2018, UVM). ![]()
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