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Anti-Persian alliance fund that Jiang says Athens converts into empire and tribute.
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Delian League
Anti-Persian alliance fund that Jiang says Athens converts into empire and tribute.
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Glossary
A defensive alliance against Persia in which Athens supplied the navy and allies supplied money stored at Delos.
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Jiang says the Delian League begins as an anti-Persian defense fund but becomes Athenian empire when Athens takes the treasury and demands tribute.
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After the Persian wars, Athens organizes the Delian League as a naval alliance in which Athens provides ships while allied islands and colonies provide money reserved for war against Persia.
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Jiang calls Pericles' transfer and spending of Delian League money official corruption because it turned allied funds into Athenian jobs, monuments, and patronage.
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Jiang argues the Delian League became the Athenian Empire when Athens used force to prevent allies from leaving after Delian funds were taken.
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"...defend ourselves against the Persians okay and they call it the Delian League why because they agree that they will pull the resources together..."
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"so what he's saying is that we won because the gods favor us why do the gods favor us because we are virtuous because..."
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"to pay tribute to the Persians and now they have to pay tribute to the Athenians okay it's probably a worse deal for everyone..."
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"...to battle against the Persians, the Athenians create something called the Delian League. The Delian League is a defensive alliance between Athens and these..."
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"And this money, this treasury of the Delian League can only be used in a war against Persia. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay...."
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"But, Mardonis chose to fight the Greeks at the battle of Palatia. And here, it was about equal forces. 100,000 Greeks versus 100,000 Persians...."
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"...Delos and brought it to Athens. Basically, Pericles said to the Delian League, you know what? This money in Delos, it's a lot of..."
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"...why is after Pericles basically stole the money from the Dalian League, the allies were obviously angry, right? You stole our money. So, we..."
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"And, Pericles said, well, if you leave our league, we're going to come and invade you. So, Athens started this expansionist campaign in order..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Hellenistic World lecture: empire stabilizes itself into stagnation, borderlands beat it with energy and openness, Greece wins as a borderland, then becomes the empire whose universities, cities, and translations...
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Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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