Day 28- Pericles

The city would rely on their fleet of ships and their ability to trade with outside people. The grain boats turned on them because of the plague that was spread on the boat. The symptoms of this plague are given by historian at the time. "The body was seized by heat and redness on the head and inflammation of the eyes.and then the sickness descended into the bowels releasing laceration and uncontrollable diarrhea". The city slowed down and trade slowed. People decided not to be good because people could be bad and die the same way. 1/3 of Athens died. Pericles strategy underestimated the power of things he could not control. The changes who resented Pericles began to realize he was against corruption after so much followed his death. Athenian slid into mob rule and crippled their ability to fight a war. What folded out of their plan was the opposite of what they wanted