3/16/20 First cyber day

Pericles was a well respected, likes leader in Athens. He had power in Athens for 32 years due to him being loved by everyone. Pericles had three goals for Athens. The first one was to strengthen the Athenian democracy. The second one was to hold and strengthen the empire. The third was to glorify Athens. A direct democracy is when the citizens run the government themselves instead of electing a leader to do it for them. This was the form of government that Pericles was going to put into place. The Delian league was an alliance formed by the Greek city-states to fight off any largely populated empires such as Persia. This was formed right after the Persian wars so it was more directed at just Persia.