Empires Documentary - The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - C4

learning and the arts, he masterminded the construction of the Parthenon. However, in glorifying Athens, he set it upon a collision course with Sparta that would ultimately lead to its ruin. Pericles was born around 493 BC into a rich aristocratic family. On his mother's side he was related to the great reformer Cleisthenes. His father was a famous general. Little is known of his early life and this may be partly to do with the great events going on all around him. These were tumultuous ...
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