Life
- Athenian statesman
- Central figure during its golden age
- Member of the Alcmaeonidae clan
- Lived ~495–429 BC
- Very good public speaker
- Died of the plague that broke out in Athens during the Peloponnesian War
Achievements
- Periclean building program
- Novel democratic reforms
- All positions in the government are paid
- Transformation of Delian League to the Athenian Empire
- The long walls and overall brilliant Athenian strategy at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War
