His consolidation of the Delian League helped provoke a war in which he delivered a Funeral Oration and later died of the plague.
This man sponsored the Megarian Decree and quelled a rebellion by Miletos and Erythae. He initiated the Samian war and blockaded Potidea in a conflict with Corinth. He consolidated his power by expelling Cimon, and he built the Long Walls to the port of Piraeus. His consolidation of the Delian League helped provoke a war in which he delivered a Funeral Oration and later died of the plague. For 10 points, name this statesman who fought the Peloponnesian Wars against Sparta, and helped to construct the Parthenon as the leader during the Golden Age of Athens.
This man sponsored the Megarian Decree and quelled a rebellion by Miletos and Erythae.
{Pericles}