Athen's Plan

Pericles decided to evacuate everyone from the countryside and come into the city walls to protect themselves from the Spartan Army. He decided to use his powerful navy to fight against the Spartans. When one of the ships came back it brought a terrible plague with it. Since everyone in Athens was confined in the walls in Athens, the plague spread really easily to everyone.  The symptoms were really awful as well. People were having explosive diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, and other gross things. It smelled really bad in Athens and it looked bad from the outside. People who thought they didn't have anything to live for went outside and drowned themselves in the sewer drain things. 1/3 of the Athenian population died. Eventually, Pericles got it too. He lived a miserable life for about six months before he died. After he died, everything changed really quickly. A bunch of people were trying to gain power by saying they'll do whatever the people want them to. Supporters of Pericles and other people began to see that Pericles was the only one keeping everyone from Turing into criminals. Now that he died, Athens is going downhill. That's all for today.