credibility amongst modern historians remains debated‚ ancient historical accounts on Lycurgus mostly occurred well after what is considered to be the time in history that he lived in. Plutarch an Ancient Historian claims that Lycurgus was indeed a real human being that was given the Great Rhetra by a Delphic Oracle. Plutarch however wrote about Lycurgus in the 75AD few hundreds of years after Lycurgus’ life. Xenophon a Greek historian from 4th century BC believed that Spartans invented the man Lycurgus
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Between the years of 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.‚ many classical civilizations‚ especially China and Rome‚ were greatly dependent on technology. This was due to the immense amount of trade and infrastructure of Rome under Pax Romana‚ with the creation of aqueducts‚ bath houses‚ and roads‚ and China under the Han Dynasty with the Silk Roads‚ stretching all the way towards the Roman Empire‚ in the west. Trade provoked an increasing need and appreciation for technology‚ which resulted in certain attitudes
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Shelley and the Quest for Knowledge Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley‚ was the daughter of the radical feminist‚ Mary Wollstonecraft‚ and the political philosopher‚ William Godwin‚ and the wife of the Romantic poet‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley. Through these familial affiliations‚ she was also acquainted with Lord Byron‚ Samuel T. Coleridge‚ and other literary figures such as Charles and Mary Lamb. Surrounded by such influential literary and political figures of the Romantic Age‚ it is not surprising
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There are many views about technology in The Classical Era. Each section of the world had their own way with going about advancements in technology. During The classical Era. the Hans and Romans had varying attitudes upon technology like centralization and use of tools and the view of whether or not people of an educated stature should even be using them‚ the necessity and purpose of infrastructure‚ and other advancements that either helped by increasing production levels or rates‚ or‚ they hindered
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The Greek Philosopher Aristotle said regarding Spartan women “…nearly two-fifths of the whole country is in the hands of women…”4 and Plutarch said “…For he exercised the girls’ bodies with races and wrestling and discus and javelin throwing‚ so that the embryos formed in them would have a strong start in strong bodies and develop better…and would cope well and easily with childbirth.”
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Mathematician. All that we know about Archimedes comes from his existing manuscripts‚ and from ancient historians such as Plutarch and Cicero among others centuries after his death. Considering the length of time between Archimedes death and the historians’ accounts‚ along with the nonuniformity of their writings‚ some details of his life have to be subject to question. For example‚ Plutarch has been stated saying that Archimedes was related to King
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history and popular myth. Since no contemporary accounts exist of Cleopatra’s life‚ it is difficult to piece together her biography with much certainty. Much of what is known about her life comes from the work of Greco-Roman scholars‚ particularly Plutarch. Born in 70 or 69 B.C.‚ Cleopatra was a daughter of Ptolemy XII (Auletes). Her mother was believed to be Cleopatra V Tryphaena‚ the king’s wife (and possibly his half-sister). In 51 B.C.‚ upon the apparently natural death of Auletes‚ the Egyptian
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remembered for years. Seeing as Rome had a new Democratic government‚ not one individual could rule. However‚ they still had votes on who to elect for government and for the contestants it was big competition. According to Document A “Life of Caesar” by Plutarch‚ even the competition for smaller‚ miserable-looking communities was tough. This is because there is always “jealous
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"When Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus sought to establish the liberty of the common people and expose the crimes of the oligarchs‚ the guilty nobles took fright and opposed their proceedings by every means at their disposal" - Cicero. The Gracchi Brothers were revolutionary in both their goals and achievements‚ as they changed the politics‚ the economic situation and the social problems of the Roman Republic. During the Gracchi’s existence‚ Rome was facing a number of social‚ political and economic problems
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With reference to Source A‚ and other sources‚ explain the significance of women in Spartan society Every class in Spartan society had an important duty to perform in order for the state to maintain supremacy over their subjects. Accordingly‚ Spartan women had to create healthy babies for the Spartan state. They were given many privileges in order to aid in their accomplishment of this role. These privileges involved prominent social positions in regards to education‚ family‚ religion and the
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