a war indemnity of 1,300 talents over a period of 26 years. The end of the revolts elsewhere in the empire followed rapidly on this success. Sparta Although Athens did succeed in restoring order to the empire, the situation in 440 BC was very severe, particularly because of the threat of Spartan intervention. Thucydides reports that in 433 BC, when Corinthian and Corcyraean ambassadors were making their cases at Athens regarding Corcyra's request for assistance against Corinth, the Corinthians stated that in 440, "when the rest of the Peloponnesian powers were equally divided on the question whether they should assist [the Samians],...we told them to their face that every power has a right to punish its own allies." Modern scholars have generally regarded this as an accurate report, and have taken it to mean that Sparta was willing to go to war against Athens, but that the Corinthians, whose powerful navy would have been necessary for the Peloponnesians to participate effectively in such a war, derailed the plan with their opposition. Notes References de Ste. Croix, G.E.M., The Origins of the Peloponnesian War, (Duckworth and Co., 1972) Diodorus Siculus, Library Kagan, Donald. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (Cornell, 1969). Meiggs, Russell. Athenian Empire (Oxford University Press, 1972) demo.fragmentarytexts.org – The Revolt of Samos 440s BC conflicts 430s BC conflicts Wars involving Athens 440 BC 439 BC Ancient Samos Delian League