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Using the evidence of Thucydides and inscriptions, assess the extent to which Athens used her initial dominant position in the Delian League to turn it into an Athenian Empire, in the period 478BC-431BC.
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Using the evidence of Thucydides and inscriptions, assess the extent to which Athens used her initial dominant position in the Delian League to turn it into an Athenian Empire, in the period 478BC-431BC. Thucydides is the chief literary source for this period, and we get a lot of useful information from him, although he was pro-Athenian and this means he may have been a little biased in his writings. In addition to literary evidence we have epigraphical evidence which includes inscriptions and tribute lists. There are other sources too for this period, these others included Diodorus, Aristotle, and Plutarch which I have made reference to, among others. This is a stone sculpture based on Thucydides. The Delian league was formed after the Hellenic league dissolved. When the league started it was essentially a voluntary alliance. However, over time, Athens disregarded the original constitution and totally changed her...
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