What Is The Difference Between Athens And Today

I. Greetings fellow members of the Assembly, I am for Athens in the Athens vs Sparta debate. I’m for Athens as Athens was far superior and powerful than Sparta that influences today’s modern western culture. Athens brought the political idea of democracy that is still used today. Democracy gave equality to all of Athens’ citizens as well as many freedoms compared to other governments like an aristocracy which Sparta used or an oligarchy. Some freedoms such as freedom of speech brought many great thinkers and minds that greatly influence to modern science, philosophy, and mathematics. Also citizen can hold office and vote creating greater equality in Athens. Athens is better the city state compared to Sparta and today I will tell you why!
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This creates the opportunity for citizens to be chosen. No one gets a higher chance of being chosen as the lot is completely random. This help create Athens to become very powerful.

B. With this democratic assembly, citizens get to contribute in Athens’ political world. They are able to contribute their ideas and opinions in order to help Athens to become a better place. They are able to say anything without restrictions due to the freedom of speech. This opens a world of new ideas and concepts that drives Athens into a much more intellectual and strong polis.
1. Since all citizens were granted free speech, citizens who weren’t in the Assembly were able to suggest to the Assembly what they should change. In other forms of government, it was impossible to even suggest anything to the government if you weren’t associated with any other the political leaders. This citizens who weren’t in office, to still make a big impact in their government.

2. Citizens also had the right to vote for new laws or bills from the Assembly. All of their votes had the power and each citizen had only one vote. This gave all citizens their say in the government by either voting for laws and bills or being in the Assembly. All citizens helped contribute to Athens’ rise to
After these boys turn into men and get into the army, it doesn’t get much better. They never see their wives or household. They are forced to live in military barracks and have to share expenses with other soldiers. The government is not even helping them. They are allowed to retire at sixty which ridiculous. Your body starts to break down in your fifties, but probably younger as they have a lot of stress. The government is actually working them to the bone.

B. In order to keep Sparta economically stable and to get materials for the army, they mostly used enslaved people or known as Helots and merchants or known as Perioeci. These people had no rights nor citizenship. They were oppressed and They keep Sparta falling apart. 1. Aristocrats or the citizens of Sparta controlled land where Helots farmed on it and had to give half of their crops to the aristocrats. They also had no rights and had to follow what their owners say. 2. Perioeci are very important to Sparta as this is how they obtain resources they can’t get from their lands. These people are not citizens nor slaves, but if these people are very important to them and they don’t get citizenship nor rights then why trade with