In 480 B.C., the Persians attacked again and burned, leveled and looted the Old Parthenon and almost every other structure at the Acropolis. To prevent further losses, the Athenians buried the remaining sculptures inside natural caves and built two new fortifications, one of the rock’s north side and one on its south.
Q. What made Athens so powerful?
Athens developed democratic institutions and a culture of philosophy, science, and culture; it emerged as a powerful state and allied with other city-states, forming the Delian League. Resistance to Athens’ power among the other Greek city-states, particularly Sparta, prompted the Peloponnesian War.
Table of Contents
- Q. What made Athens so powerful?
- Q. Who destroyed Athens Acropolis?
- Q. What is the difference between the Acropolis and the Parthenon?
- Q. How did Pericles improve life in Athens?
- Q. What did Pericles do for Athens?
- Q. Why was Athens called the Golden Age?
- Q. What were the three main political institutions in Athens?
Q. Who destroyed Athens Acropolis?
the Persians
Q. What is the difference between the Acropolis and the Parthenon?
Acropolis is the area the Parthenon sits on. What’s the difference between Acropolis and the Parthenon? The Acropolis is the high hill in Athens that the Parthenon, an old temple, sits on. Acropolis is the hill and the Parthenon is the ancient structure.
Q. How did Pericles improve life in Athens?
He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis, including the Parthenon. This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory and gave work to its people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics call him a populist.
Q. What did Pericles do for Athens?
495 bce, Athens—died 429, Athens), Athenian statesman largely responsible for the full development, in the later 5th century bce, of both the Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire, making Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece. His achievements included the construction of the Acropolis, begun in 447.
Q. Why was Athens called the Golden Age?
Fifth-century Athens is the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480 to 404 BC. Formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens, the later part being the Age of Pericles, it was buoyed by political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing. Athens’s patron goddess was Athena, from whom it derived the name.
Q. What were the three main political institutions in Athens?
There were three political bodies where citizens gathered in numbers running into the hundreds or thousands. These are the assembly (in some cases with a quorum of 6000), the council of 500 (boule), and the courts (a minimum of 200 people, on some occasions up to 6,000).
