How did Pericles change history?

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Answer 1

"Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides, his contemporary historian, acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 BC to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles," though the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars, or as late as the next century."

"Pericles marked a whole era and inspired conflicting judgments about his significant decisions, which is something normal for a political personality of his magnitude. The fact that he was at the same time a vigorous statesman, general and orator makes more complex the objective assessment of his actions."

"Some contemporary scholars, for example Sarah Ruden, call Pericles a populist, a demagogue and a hawk, while other scholars admire his charismatic leadership."

"For more than 20 years Pericles led numerous expeditions, mainly naval ones. Being always cautious, he never undertook of his own accord a battle involving much uncertainty and peril and he did not accede to the "vain impulses of the citizens".[112] He based his military policy on Themistocles' principle that Athens' predominance depends on its superior naval power and believed that the Peloponnesians were near-invincible on land.[113] Pericles tried also to minimize the advantages of Sparta by rebuilding the walls of Athens. According to Josiah Ober, professor of classics in Princeton University, the strategy of rebuilding the walls radically altered the use of force in Greek international relations."

"Pericles' most visible legacy can be found in the literary and artistic works of his Golden Age, most of which survive to this day. The Acropolis, though in ruins, still stands and is a symbol of modern Athens. Paparrigopoulos wrote that these masterpieces are "sufficient to render the name of Greece immortal in our world"."

"In politics, Victor L. Ehrenberg argues that a basic element of Pericles' legacy is Athenian imperialism, which denies true democracy and freedom to the people of all but the ruling state. The promotion of such an arrogant imperialism is said to have ruined Athens.[140] Nonetheless, other analysts maintain an Athenian humanism illustrated in the Golden Age. The freedom of expression is regarded as the lasting legacy deriving from this period. Pericles is lauded as "the ideal type of the perfect statesman in ancient Greece" and his Funeral Oration is nowadays synonymous with the struggle for participatory democracy and civic pride."

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Answer 2

Pericles Legacy

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Socrates Confucius Sun Tzu Plato Aristotle Pericles Alexander the Great Julius Caesar Caesar Augustus Hannibal Jesus Christ Emperor Constantine Emperor Charlemagne William the Conquerer Christopher Columbus Martin Luther John Calvin Henry VIII Queen Elizabeth I of England William Shakespeare King Phillip II of Spain King Louis XVI of France George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Tsar Nicholas I Napoleon Bonaparte Lord Horatio Nelson Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Otto von Bismark Emperor Napoleon II Harry S. Truman Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill Dwight D. Eisenhower Most of these seem to be more along regional lines, but remember that what happens in one region almost always invariably effects what happens in another region.

Answer 4

If not for Pericles, the Persians would have defeated Greece and there might not be any trace of Athens left, since Athens was burnt down once before by the Persians.