Grécko-perzské vzťahy v období medzi veľkými vojnami
| Title in English | The Greek-Persian Relations between two Great Wars |
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Popularization text |
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| Description | Relations among Greek poleis and Persia during the fifth century changed significantly. While at the beginning of the century Persians represented a common enemy for both Sparta and Athens, at the end of the century the situation was diametrically different. Both Athens and Sparta were used to negotiate with the Persians against each other. Persia had become a potential ally. This military and diplomatic turn in East-West policy could only have occurred through events that have taken place over decades. The author of the study follows the most important events between the Persian Wars and the beginning of the Peloponnese War and evaluates their importance in the process of diplomatic reversal in relations between the Greek mainland powers and Persia. He sees an important point in Athenian achievements in the 1970s and 1960s when the possibilities of Athens appeared as well as their borders. And after the Athenian disaster in Egypt had to be clear to anybody that Athens could not push Persia from the Mediterranean. Negotiations in the early forties then paved the way for diplomatic ties. The mutual inability to push out each other of the Mediterranean allowed for changes in mutual perception and made Persia a possible ally. |