In Ancient Greece‚ the two most essential cities were Sparta and Athens. The two cities had a diversity of cultures‚ lifestyle‚ and values‚ even though they lived in the same region. Sparta was established around 900 BCE. It is located in the Eurotoas valley of Laconia‚ southeast of Peloponnese (Sparta‚ Ancient History Encyclopedia). Ancient Sparta has a population of about 100‚000 citizens. Spartans dedicate approximately all their time to military training‚ hunting‚ war tactics‚ and even war policies
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Greece in ancient times had many social‚ political and cultural features‚ including: religion‚ society‚ government and warfare. Two powerhouses of Ancient Greece were the cities of Athens and Sparta‚ who led Greece in many of their endevours. Early Sparta and Athens was a building process with many ups and down of which they learnt how to run their cities. Early Sparta did not have enough land to support it’s growing population‚ so they conquered the neighbouring state of Messinia and doubled the
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The Peloponnesian League: an alliance of Peloponnesian cities with Sparta as the leading city. Sparta had a separate alliance with each city. ‘…we believe that the allies met as a council and could in fact overrule Sparta in a military decision. Thus Sparta‚ it would appear‚ relied on it command of influence and respect rather than outright military power in order to have its voice heard within its own band of most important allies.’ Welch‚ p. 169 Paul Cartledge: his work in the 1970s involved
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Sparta was cut off from the rest of Greece by high mountains and wild country sides‚ there for Spartans developed their own ideas of society and government. A domineering society that focused upon its military strength‚ Sparta did not allow its citizens the lenient lifestyle of Athenians. The ideology of Sparta was oriented around the state. The individual lived (and died) for the state. Their lives were designed to serve the state from their beginning to the age of sixty. Women’s lives were
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of the greatest military force but only lasted for 300 years‚ the ancient Greek city-state‚ Sparta lacked so much. Sparta was located on a peninsula in the southern part of Greece called the Peloponnese. Sparta was a very harsh city that had strict rules‚ took boys from their families at the age of 7 for abusive military training‚ and banned many forms of education. Any city like this deserves to be crushed. The weaknesses of Sparta outweighed the strengths because they took boys from the age of 7
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The Compare and Contrast of Athens and Sparta Gregory Smith pd.1 8/29/13 Athens Sparta About: The capital and largest city of Greece. Known in Greek as Sparti. The city lies at the southern end of the central Laconian plain‚ on the right bank of the Eurotas River. Country: Greece Greece Population (Modern): 3‚761‚811 18‚184 Population (Ancient): 140‚000 100‚000 Region: Attica Laconia Climate: Mediterranean climate. Fairly temperate but very dry. Economy (Modern):
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the times of Ancient Greece‚ two major forms of government existed‚ democracy and oligarchy. The city-states of Athens and Sparta are the best representatives of democracy and oligarchy‚ respectively. The focus of the times was directed towards military capabilities‚ while the Athenians were more interested in comfort and culture. It was the oligarchy in Sparta that put a war-like attitude as its first priority and best met the needs of Ancient Greece. These factors empowered Sparta and led to
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The Strength of Sparta The strength of a state depends on the amount of glory within. Every man needs to be courageous in order for the whole to thrive. If an army is successful‚ it’s because each warrior had courage. In Sparta‚ if everyone didn’t excel at the same level‚ there wouldn’t be excellence as a whole. The amount of courage that a hoplite exhibited also showed how strong the state was. The state was above the self. Education is one form of building up the people to be stronger
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ANCIENT HISTORY: SPARTA HISTORICAL SOURCES. Geographical Setting: Written Sources: “whose fertility is greater than words can express” (Strabo) Archaeological Sources: They had access to marble‚ iron and bronze‚ this can be seen in the votive offerings left at the temple of Artemis Orthia that are made out of these items. They could hunt animals‚ this is supported by a depiction of Spartiates hunting a boar on Lakonian pottery. Social Structure and political organisation: Written sources:
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In this case‚ children who were deemed unworthy were thrown into a mountain chasm for nature to take its course (Population control in Ancient Sparta). Using this method would not only allow for a decrease in population‚ but also give assurance that these children will be more likely to succeed. Of course in the modern era‚ we do not explicitly need to have a super army‚ but testing people’s
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