What Are The Similarities Between Athens And Sparta

Sparta and Athens The birthplace of democracy, or Athens and Laconia, the capital of the ancient city-state of the popular Sparta are two very well know and popular city-states of Ancient Greece. These two city-states have been referred to many times throughout history in literature and films due to the way both these societies lead their lives and government and the influences they left. Sparta and Athens were two extremely influential city-states that lead there 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
The council was made up of 28 man, all members were over 60 years of age. Another part of the Spartan society was their economy. Sparta’s economy relied on both farming and conquering other people. Sparta could not feed its entire people due to the lack of land. Sparta used slaves and non-citizens to produce all their goods. Those conquered by Spartans became slaves and were called helots. The helots continue to live in their own villages, but they were forced to give much of the food they grew to the Spartan citizens. Non-citizens were called periokoi. Periokoi were free men, they could serve in the army when needed, but not in the government. Male citizens were legally prevented from choosing any occupation other than the military. Military was of high importance and the major factor in the life of Spartans. Spartans did have slavery; they depended on these