The History of Athens and the First Pelopnesian War

The middle years of the first Pelopnesian War marked the peak of Athenian power. Pericles learned some valuable lessons from the war, which helped him to shape future foreign policy decisions. The peace treaty that ended the war laid out the framework for a bipolar Greece. But before we get there, we have a whole lot of political, cultural, social and economic achievements of classical Athens to discuss.