Int’l Relations: Struggle for Power
•In Peloponnesian War (431-404) BCE, Athens sent ships and troops against the island of Melos, a colony of Sparta who wanted no part between Sparta and Athens.
•Athenians – “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”
•“You would have the advantage of submitting before suffering the worst, and we should gain by not destroying you.”
•“By extending our empire, we should gain in security by your subjection.” (Thucydides).