Boundless World History: Democracy In Athens Was Overthrown In 411 BCE

As we had read in the assignment titled ‘Boundless World History’, “Democracy in Athens was overthrown in 411 BCE because of its poor handling of the Peloponnesian War.” Athens and Sparta had engaged in the Peloponnesian War that was between 404 and 431 BCE. In ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta were two of the most important city-states. According to most historians, the Peloponnesian War battle, which was supposed to have almost consumed the entire Greek world, was the most important battle of its time. Since Sparta won and Athens ultimately lost the Peloponnesian War, it can be stated that Athens was unable to accomplish the Peloponnesian War successfully. After the Peloponnesian War conflict, Sparta's naval supremacy grew quickly, but Athens' naval supremacy was questioned. The Peloponnesian War conflict eventually paved the way for the Macedonians to overthrow the Greeks in the mid-fourth century. All this happened because of the war's devastation, which led to great damage, debilitated the nation, and ultimately aided the Greek's long-term separation (Cartwright, 2018).

In response to Athens' downfall, its people of Athens held democratic politicians just like Cleophon and Cleon responsible for it The Thirty Tyrants, which was a pro-Spartan oligarchy was established in Athens in 404 BCE as the Spartan army's reassurance to rebel. The Thirty Tyrants' 13-month rule was enabled by the Spartan admiral Lysander, who oversaw the Spartan navy in 405 BCE at Aegospotami. All through the Thirty Tyrants' tenure, 5% of Athens’ population died, private properties were apprehended, and supporters of democracy were exiled. Therefore, these arguments back the claim that Sparta and its associates won the Peloponnesian War. This Peloponnesian War also marked the end of Athens' military and political dominance in the Mediterranean (Scaliger,