Rome: In Rome‚ there are three social classes‚ arranged according to wealth; Patricians‚ Plebians‚ and Slaves. Patricians are the upper class citizens; they are very wealthy and highly educated. They make up the majority of the senate and therefore control the laws. Plebians are the poor‚ lower-class citizens. They greatly outnumber the Patricians‚ make up most of the army‚ and pay most of the taxes. They are not allowed to marry Patricians or take part in government. Slaves are at the bottom of
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find why they were thought to be so good‚ and what made them good. To begin there is Pericles’ Funeral Oration written by Thucydides‚ which documents a speech that Pericles used to address a crowd in Athens‚ comparing Athens to most notably‚ Sparta. It is evident that Athenians were certain that Athens was the greatest‚ “When you realize her greatness‚
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Applications Spartans v. Athens The Spartans and Athens had a really different life than each other. The Spartans treated their women equally to men. The Spartan women had almost the same right that Spartan men had. “Spartan women had the right to vote just like man had the right also.”(CITATION) Women were allowed to vote the same as the man were allowed to vote. They had more freedom then the Athen women. The Athens would treat their women unequally compare to man. “Athen women didn’t had the right
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The Parthenon is one of the most influential buildings of it’s time and is a symbol of democracy. The Parthenon is a magnificent marble temple built in the fifth century B.C.‚ high up on a fortified acropolis overlooking the city of Athens. Perikles was general of Athens at the time and credited for establishing
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Was Sparta a better place than Athens? Spartans is known for its military training while Athens lives in world of luxury. Each state has its own good or bad and you can’t say something is better at everything than another one. First of all‚ children are mistreated in Sparta like going to military training at the age of seven and killing “weak” babies. Who said they didn’t have the potential to become the next Plato. In order to have a pure race Spartans started to kill the babies who look “weak”
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Due to the Greeks believed that Zeus is very important in the gods of Greek mythology. And then‚ the gods of Mount Olympus looks like a human. They need the construction of buildings to protect them. For instance‚ the Parthenon which was built in Athens and accordance with strict laws of balance and proportion. It is a architecture that full of order. Therefore‚ this classical style was continued to influence early Western architecture. The most notably monuments is the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
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Socrates knew the trial brought onto him by three citizens of Athens was not just and the official accusations of corrupting the youth and impiety are not the true reasons for the trial. He was put to death because of his method of challenging others in the search for wisdom and knowledge. Socrates was given the opportunity to defend himself and choose not to beg for his life but praise his life and to honor his mission. He opposed the charges by a cross-examination of the people who put him on
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S1 Topic 4 Life in Ancient Greece Explanatory Notes for Teachers Level: Topic: S1 Life in Ancient Greece Supporting Teaching Materials: worksheets Students’ Prior Knowledge Before this ELA unit‚ students should have learnt about features of ancient Greek civilization and gained some understanding of how ancient civilizations influence the development of modern civilization‚ through the medium of Chinese. In these lessons‚ they should also have learnt some English terms related
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pillars of the Parthenon have on the building? Have you ever seen a building so magnificent as the Parthenon? I decided to research this monument because it is a very famous landmark and also has some history behind it.The Parthenon is located in Athens‚ Greece. Inside the Parthenon there is a large statue of Athena known as the Athena Parthenos. The Parthenon was designed by Phidias and was built between 447 – 432 BCE (It was finished in 438BCE but decoration continued up till 432BCE). It resembles
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their Egyptian ancestor did. Some elements were remained‚ some changes occurred. One of the most condense collections of all the dialects between Egypt and Greece happened in the capital of Greece - Athens‚ or to be more specifically‚ Acropolis. “In the latter half of the fifth century the Acropolis at Athens was crowned with buildings which‚ both individually and collectively as a group‚ are by common consent regarded as the supreme achievement of classical Greek architecture.”(Taylor‚ 11) “the human
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