By 454 BCE‚ Athens had a decently sized empire. As opposed to the mountainous terrain of Athens‚ the ancient Spartans decided to settle in the Evrotas River Valley. This provided the Spartans with fresh water and fertile land. Also‚ the valley of the Evrotas is a natural fortress. Although Sparta was not necessarily landlocked‚ it did have its own harbor town‚ Gytheio. The Spartans were much more self-reliant than the Athenians‚ as they grew most of their food. Ancient Athens and Sparta also
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not last. So as soon as the Spartans had left the land around Athens ‚ the Athenians began to build a wall around the city and to the port of Piraus. Athens was able to use this port to import goods this made Athens pretty self sufficient. Therefore they never needed to face the invincible army of Sparta. The navy allowed other advantages over the Spartans because of its speed. The ability to be there‚ attack and be gone before the met ant resistance was key. The Spartans had issues because they could
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their citizens and running their governments. This caused each city state to have a different set of values and to have a different way of living. Sparta highly valued it’s military and war. The Spartans organized a group of reforms‚ known as the Lycurgan reforms‚ that promoted their military state. Spartans lived their lives strictly organized and very controlled. Young boys were taken from their family to live in barracks to become great warriors in the military. They were strictly disciplined and
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In a society that was purely patriarchal and misogynistic‚ women in the ancient world had few rights. Men and women were usually separated into different worlds‚ each with their own set of responsibilities and rules to follow. It is hard to fully define what women were like in antiquity simply because there can be no such thing as a “typical woman”‚ women differ from polis to polis and depended on social and economic background. The one thing that was expected of any woman was to belong to citizen
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Rodolfo Gustavo Alvarez Mr. Ignacio Arana English Composition II 25 February‚ 2015 Ancient Greek City-States The Pillars of Ancient Greece Introduction Body According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ a city-state is “a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it”. This definition shows that the ancient Greece was divided into city-states in which this were independent of each other‚ with their laws‚ customs‚ money‚ and army (Greek City State). City-States are
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different with some notable similarities. One difference is education because Spartan education was more strict. Another difference is social classes as women were treated fairer in Sparta. Finally‚ A similarity is religion because religion was the exact same throughout all of Greece. One major difference between Sparta and Athens is education. Spartan education is more militaristic while Athenian education is more general. Spartan boys are educated and trained to fight in order to create
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Xenophon on The Spartans‚ in The Internet Classics Archive. translated by John Paul Adams <http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparta-a.html>‚ retrieved on Dec. 02‚ 2009. Pomeroy‚ Sarah. Goddesses‚ Wives‚ Whores and Slaves: Women in Classic Antiquity. New York: Schocken Books‚ 1995. [ 1 ]. Plutarch‚ Life of Lycurgas‚ 14. ii-iv‚ in The Greek City States: A source book‚ translated by P.J Rhodes. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2007)‚ p.165 [ 2 ] [ 3 ]. Xenophon‚ Xenophon on The Spartans‚ in The
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The Peloponnesian War lasted from roughly from 431 BC to 404 BC. The two major players in the war were Athens and Sparta. Athens was a democratic state with a strong naval-based military. Sparta was on the other hand an oligarchical state with a disciplined land army. After the Persian Wars‚ Athens became more powerful‚ and the fear of Athenian dominance would spark the Peloponnesian Wars. However this thirst for power along with poor leadership would be the downfall of Athens. Sparta was the dominant
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Boeotian League had now come to be a political and military force to be dealt with. Theban hegemony had begun. This essay has shown that the rise of Theban political power owes as much to external circumstances as internal factors. The decline of Spartan and Athenian power created a power vacuum that allowed the Thebans to reorganize the Boeotian League as an even more Thebes-centered federation than before. The Thebans established their political primacy through a series of military expansions and
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military service. To achieve this‚ Spartans had to undergo formal education. Spartan education was renowned for its exceptional harshness and emphasis on physical skills and endurance. A system known as Agoge‚ that was used‚ emphasized on duty‚ discipline and endurance. Spartan boys at age 7 had to undergo military training‚ rigorous-state-sponsored education and socialization program for a 13-year period. They would then officially become warriors. Though the Spartan women were not active in the military
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