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As the Spartans vainly endeavor in 462 …
Years: 462BCE - 462BCE
As the Spartans vainly endeavor in 462 BCE to reduce the mountain stronghold of Mount Ithome in Messenia, where a large force of rebellious helots (state-owned serfs) has taken refuge, they request the help of all their erstwhile allies of the Persian wars, including the Athenians.
Cimon urges compliance, comparing Athens and Sparta to a yoke of oxen working together for the good of Greece.
Ephialtes, elected general soon after 465 BCE, maintains that Sparta is Athens' rival for power and should be left to fend for herself, but Cimon's view prevails, and …
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- Messenians
- Greece, classical
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Peloponnesian League (Spartan Alliance)
- Athenian Empire (Delian League)
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Messenian War, Third, or Helot revolts
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Years: 462BCE - 462BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Messenians
- Greece, classical
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Peloponnesian League (Spartan Alliance)
- Athenian Empire (Delian League)
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Messenian War, Third, or Helot revolts
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions