athenian empire

In Achaemenid Egypt a rebellion began under the command of Inaros, a Libyan king living on the border of Egypt. This rebellion quickly swept the country, which was soon largely in the hands of Inaros. He requested assistance from Athens which was granted. The alliance defeated the Persianw at...

A Continuation of this thread I did several months ago, we agreed that Athens was the best choice to be a possible Greek version of Rome but it faced problems with its internal structure, a two front war against Persia and Sparta, and constantly pissing off their allies, which the Romans also...