1. Greece After the Peloponnesian War Interstate relations Why didn’t Athens recover?

2. Lecture Outline Final Years of the War Terms of Peace What happened next? Lysander Lysander as harmost The Persian World Sparta and Thebes Corinthian War Sparta’s Troubles The Common Peace

3. The Final Years of the War 405 Athenian fleet is attacked by Spartans and Corinthians Athenians lose 180 ships, Spartans retain 200 Athenian treasury is empty 404 Spartan army invades Attica Athens surrenders

4. The Terms of Peace Walls of the Piraeus 12 ships Athens is now a junior ally of Sparta Thirty tyrants now rule

5. What happened next? 30 years of supremacy 3000 sailors, almost 200 ships Fate of Athens? Price of Persian aid?

6. Lysander Planned strategy of battle of 405 Ambush at Aegospotami Can he serve the state’s best interests? What role can he play in Sparta?

7. Lysander as harmost Military office – sent to Athens as overseer By 403 he is relieved of his duties by King Pausanias, one of the Spartan kings King Agis, the other Spartan king, has other problems... But he is pro- Lysander

8. The Persian World 401 – request sent to Sparta to ask for aid to collect mercenary troops by Cyrus 400 – Tissaphernes asks for Greek cities Greeks in Asia Minor plea with Sparta for help Sparta prefers diplomacy 394 – Conon (Persian General) defeats Sparta

9. Sparta & Thebes Thebes wants Sparta to destroy Athens Sparta has been a bit greedy with the spoils of war Thebans take in exiled Athenians

10. Corinthian War 395-387 Sparta’s fault Corinth + Athens, Argos + Boeotia Persian interests Divide and conquer

11. Sparta is plagued by troubles Internal fighting War is on two fronts Cannot break up the coalition against them

12. Common Peace = koine eirene Every independent state would have autonomy and freedom This idea never really catches on Major city-states have too much rivalry for this to be popular