How did Péricles die?
Asphyxiated by cooking gas
Heart attack
Car accident
Natural causes
Answer
Asphyxiated by cooking gas is incorrect. Péricles died from the plague, a devastating epidemic that swept through Athens during the Peloponnesian War. The disease caused high fever, headaches, vomiting, and diarrhea, and killed many Athenians, including Péricles.
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