Change in Foreign Policy of Athens under Pericles

Read this article to learn about the change in foreign policy of Athens under Pericles. Foreign policy of Athens underwent a complete change after the ostracism of Cimon. Alliance with Lacedaemon was abandoned and a new alliance with her enemies, Argos and Thessaly was struck (458 B.C.). So far Athens was not brought into direct collision with Sparta. But her [...]