arguments between trainees. This was partially designed to help make the youths resistant to hardships like cold‚ hunger‚ and pain. Boys who showed signs of cowardice or timidity were subject to teasing and violence by peers and superiors alike (Plutarch). As grueling as Sparta’s martial education system could be‚ the soldier’s life was the only option for young men who wished to become equal citizens‚ or “Homoioi.” According to the edicts of the Spartan lawmaker and reformer Lycurgus‚ male
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Bibliography: Moohan‚Elaine (2008) The Arts Past and Present‚ Reputations‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University Fear‚ T. (2008) ’Cleopatra ’ in Moohan‚ E. (ed.) Reputations (AA100 Book 1)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University‚ pp. 1 - 28.
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both played an important role in the economic and military aspects of Spartan society‚ and contributed much to Sparta’s fame and military prowess. For the Spartan citizens‚ the other aspects of their life were left to the perioeci and the helots. Plutarch describes the perioeci as the "dwellers round about"‚ a substantial group of mixed origin who achieved their status in a number of ways‚ and that their "commercial and economic role must have become very important". Charles McArver‚ in his Encyclopedia
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in his book “Anthony and Cleopatra”. On the other hand‚ the Greek Historian Plutarch did not follow the previous writing of historians‚ as Plutarch in contrast seems unbiased at times towards Cleopatra achievements. Contrastingly‚ Plutarch portrays Cleopatra as an intelligent and independent woman in his book “Life of Anthony”. “The attraction of her person‚ joining with the charm of her
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military spheres…included priesthoods…” (M Kennell) Government – The Ephorate‚ The Gerousia‚ and the Ekklesia “…kept things in a just equilibrium… to resist democracy‚ and… supporting the people against the establishment of absolute monarchy.” (Plutarch) (Gerousia) “The Assembly included everyone‚ but it seemed to have been a rather passive role…It could only approve or reject...” (Finlay) (Ekklesia) Archaeological Sources: N/A Social Structure: Spartiates‚ Periokoi‚ “inferiors”‚ and Helots
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social change through texts‚ videos and audio speeches. About one half of this course covers the historical foundations and background to the modern black experience‚ from the struggle against slavery to the Harlem Renaissance. The second half of AA100 focuses on the past seventy years‚ from the Great Depression to the twenty-first century. According to Introduction to African-American Studies (n.d.). In our
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After the second war‚ Rome feared Carthage’s restoration. In fact‚ early historian Plutarch recorded this fear in his histories of prominent individuals know as Parallel Lives. One of the well-known individuals was Cato “the Elder” (Marcus Porcius Cato)‚ a Roman senator during the Punic Wars. According to Plutarch‚ the Third Punic War was a result of his counsel and recommendation to destroy Carthage. Unlike the rest of the Romans‚ Cato “the Elder”
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childhood to later gain those major success’ throughout his life. Parents: Alexander was born into a family of monarchs with parents King Phillip II of Macedonia related to Hercules‚ ( source Plutarch) and mother Olympias daughter to king Epirus believed to have been longing from the Aeacidae( source Plutarch). King Phillip 2nd had a very powerful personality and seized the throne himself ‚ begins wars ‚ and conquering many of the neighbouring countries until his assassination in 336 BC. Alexander
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authors such as Aristotle‚ Plutarch‚ Xenophon‚ and Thucydides‚ just to name a few. Unfortunately‚ all of these sources do come with their own set of biases. Authors only write to serve a purpose or convey some message‚ thus their writings -intentionally or unintentionally- are tilted to fulfill their own goals‚
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controversy over time about Alexander the Great’s ability as a leader. There are five surviving sourced for knowledge of Alexander‚ the most reliable two written by Arrian (though his admiration for Alexander sometimes caused bias in his writing) and Plutarch. As stated by CB Welles‚ "there have been many Alexanders. No account of him is all together wrong". Bibliography 1) Bradley‚ P (1988)‚ Ancient Greece Using Evidence‚ Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2) Stevens‚ V‚ Merchant‚ W‚ Hampson
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