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Assignment for cyber day #2

            When Pericles was in power and in charge of Athens he accomplished many great things, but then the Spartans invaded Athenian territory and began burning down fields of crops. The citizens escaped and hid inside the city walls for protection, because Pericles ordered them to. They became anxious but Pericles assured them to stick to his plan. He said that they could survive using the shipments they were getting from overseas. One year into the war the shipments they were getting brought a plague. Everyone was crowed and stuck inside the city so the plague spread very quickly and disease broke out. Dead bodies layed in the streets and people gave up and religion and they didn't listen to the authorities. The Athenian society broke down and people gave up on having good morals. The plague killed over 1/3 of Athens population. Then Pericles got sick. People tried using magic and potions to cure him but it didn't work. After 6 months of being ill he died in 429 BC. His strategy didn't work to save Athens and it only caused death. Pericles was holding Athens together and when he died it fell apart. People tired to fight for power. They tried to do anything the citizens wanted to gain power. They used prejudices to gain support. The democracy fell apart and made Athens unable to fight any wars.