Western Civ 3/18 - video paragraph (cyber day)

Pericles' plan was shifted. A plague hit that affect the bowels with diarrhea, which probably stunk up the city. Men started not to care about religion or law because of how awful the plague was. It killed over a third of Athens population. Pericles was also struck by the plague. Pericles relied on potions and magic to cure it. After 6 months of illness, he died in 429 BC. He planned to make Athens into the Mediterraneans greatest power, but Pericles underestimated how out of control things are to him even with the greatest amount of knowledge. Pericles held together Athens, people hated him but people realize he was what helped them. They potentially were sliding into mob rule, which crippled their ability to fight a war. The Athenian Army won a skirmish with Sparta and when the leaders returned they were thrown into prison. The failure to rescue the men that fell overboard in the storm was a crime. They wanted to execute them. Socrates was the only one who stood up against him. He questioned the society, it finally had a purpose. He refused to give into higher power. He couldn't convince the assembly and the generals were put to death by drinking Hemlock. I accidentally watched to 27.