Question 76

An Athenian family follows Pericles's wartime policy by leaving the Attic countryside. Where and for what strategic reason are they directed?

Behind the Long Walls, to avoid a decisive land battleCorrect answer
Into open country, to force an immediate hoplite battle
To Syracuse, to abandon Attica permanently
To Sparta, to join the Peloponnesian army

Explanation

Pericles concentrated Attica's population behind the city's connected defenses and relied on sea power rather than risking a decisive open-country clash. Marching out for an immediate hoplite battle would defeat the defensive logic of that policy.

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