Tuesday, 21 January 2020

The Thirty Years Peace Treaty

The Thirty Years' Peace was a treaty, signed between the Greek city-states Athens and Sparta, in the year 446/445 BCE. The treaty brought an end to the conflict commonly known as the First Peloponnesian War, which had been raging since c.464 BCE
The primary purpose of the treaty was to prevent another outbreak of war. Ultimately, the peace treaty failed in achieving its goal. With the outbreak of the Second Peloponnesian War, in 431 BCE


 Term of the Treaty
Who benefitted more from the Agreement? 
 Why?
 Athens had to give up control of Nisaea, Pagae, Troezen and Achaea (1.115.1)
 Sparta
 Athens gave up control of all city states in the Peloponnese
 There should be a list of allies of each side, and each side should keep what it possessed at the time of the treaty with the exception of those mentioned in clause 1(1.140.2). If any ally were to revolt and be received into the other side's alliance, then the alliance which received the revolting ally would be deemed to have broken the treaty
Athens
If an ally revolts, the Spartans can not intervene and try to help them
 Any state not listed was deemed to be a 'neutral' and therefore was free to join either alliance, if it wished (1.35.2)
Both (Although according to Thucydides, Athens benefitted the most)
Greek states may prefer to join Sparta rather than falling victim to Athenian Imperialism
Both sides could gain new allies - Athens gained Corcyca as an ally
Athens may have benefitted the most as it gave them free reign to continue expanding
 Argos, although unlisted, was exempt from clause 3. No military alliance was to exist between Argos and Athens, although diplomatic relations were allowed
Sparta
Athens and Argos couldn't ally themselves against Sparta
 There may have been a clause guaranteeing the autonomy of Aegina within the Athenian Empire (1.67.2)
Sparta/Aegina
Athens could not control or take tribute from Aegina

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