Question

8. Which of the following is Pericles' greatest political legacy?

A. the abolition of slavery in Athens
B. the introduction of direct democracy to Athens
C. the separation of the three branches of Athenian government
D. the creation of representative democracy for Athenian government

Answer 1

Pericles

transformed his city's alliances into an empire and graced its Acropolis with the famous Parthenon.

His policies and strategies also set the stage for the devastating Peloponnesian War, which would embroil all Greece in the decades following his death.

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