Sparta VS Athens Allies from their existence‚ Athens and Sparta had fought side by side for centuries. These two Greek city-states fought together in the Greco-Persian war‚ but when the Persians retreated‚ tension rose. Athens gained more power than they needed‚ plunging the two cities into nearly three decades of war. The outcome was devastating. Although Sparta won‚ they were extremely demoralized. Athens was bankrupt and exhausted‚ and neither city regained the military strength they once had
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Highly practiced by Sparta‚ it was a form of government that saw the masses at a disadvantage. Retired military men above sixty‚ were usually chosen to serve in the Ephor and Gerousia‚ a group with immense power and control. Tyranny was a form of government that was a lot like Monarchy and was known to grow out of Oligarchies. The difference however was that tyrants‚ did not take power legally‚ and had no claim to the throne
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Jacqueline Gomez The Spartans Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece‚ situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia‚ in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC‚ when the invading Dorians subjugated the local‚ non-Dorian population. From 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. Given its military pre-eminence‚ Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during
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They have twenty-eight men who are over sixty years old in the council of elders (gerousia) with five elected overseer called ephors who joined with the two kings to rule the city of Sparta. It is the rule of the people based on ability or
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system was shown through ‘500 bushel men‚’ ‘horse men‚’ and ‘200 bushel men.’ This was not vastly different from the oligarchy in Sparta as their system also had much to do with wealth and social status; their weak monarchies were allowed on the Gerousia despite their age. However‚ Sparta was not a Monarchy because of the kings’ limited power. Monarchy and tyranny‚ not withstanding‚ did exist in Greece.
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Lycurgus was an important figure throughout Sparta as he was responsible for setting up a large amount of the Spartan’s social and political institutions. In source A Herodotus shows just how effective Lycurgus was “Later he reorganised the army…by these changes Spartan Government was put upon a sound basis.” He was responsible for introducing laws and advice or prophecies received from a god through the medium ship of a priest or priestess. As Plutarch‚ on Sparta explains: “Lycurgus . . . brought
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societies differently. For example Athens wasn’t a military driven society while Sparta was. Sparta a war driven society‚ Sparta has a government set-up of two Kings who had power over and led the Spartan army and Sparta as whole. Behind them was the Gerousia which was the Spartan council of
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Due to the heavy influence of my culture on respecting and treating the older adults with uttermost compassion‚ it motivated me to work in field of geriatrics as a geriatrician in the future. Growing up‚ I was always taught that life runs in a complete circle. Parents take care of the children when they are little‚ so the children will repay the parents and take care of them when they get older. In the United States‚ I do not see the same mentality in some people and it leads to problems like abuse
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In the Ancient Grecian culture there were various political systems in use depending on the city or Poleis. Today we shall take a look at the following systems monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy‚ there were some others but these will be our focus. Interestingly enough while we think of ancient Athens as being a democracy it wasn’t always so‚ it eventually evolved into a democratic nation‚ but between the 8th to 6th century‚ Athens was ruled by aristocracy and according to The
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Religion‚ death and burial Religion played a central role in Spartan society in the ancient world. In addition to being well known for their fierce fighting force‚ Spartans were well known amongst other Greek city-states for their devotion and serious attitude towards religion and the gods. Because of their strict devotion to religious practises‚ they were often mocked by other Greek states. The gods were to be obeyed completely and were to be respected completely by all Spartans‚ though in theory
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