PERICLES

495429 BCE Leader of Athens

Biography
Periclesbornat495B.C.inAthens,Greece.Afterinheritingmoneyasateen,
hebecameagreatpatronofthearts.In461heassumedruleofAthens.
Rolehewouldoccupyuntilhisdeath.Duringhisleadership,hebuiltthe
AcropolisandParthenonandledAthensrecaptureofDelphi,thesiegeon
SamosandtheinvasionofMegara.In429,hediedoftheplague.
Hisfather,Xanthippus, Hismother,Agariste,was
wasafamousgeneral niecetothefamedstatesman
andstatesmanwho andreformerCleisthenes,
camefromawealthy wholeadthecontroversial
familyofaristocrats. Alcmaeonidaeclan.
Acheivement
PartofthegoldenageofAthenianculture,from449to
431B.C.isattributedtoPericles.Apartfromsupporting
artandculture,hefundedtheconstructionofthe
AcropolisandtheParthenoninAthens.

Heledseveralmilitarymissionsfor
morethan20years.Someofthem
wereAthenrecaptureofDelphifrom
theSpartansin448B.C.

AthenssiegeonSamosduringthe
SamianWarin440B.C.andtheill
fatedattackonMegarain431B.C.
whichresultedinAthendefeatand
finallydownfall.

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