I. Greetings fellow members of the Assembly‚ I am for Athens in the Athens vs Sparta debate. I’m for Athens as Athens was far superior and powerful than Sparta that influences today’s modern western culture. Athens brought the political idea of democracy that is still used today. Democracy gave equality to all of Athens’ citizens as well as many freedoms compared to other governments like an aristocracy which Sparta used or an oligarchy. Some freedoms such as freedom of speech brought many great
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Greece? It is obvious‚ Athens is! Athens is the best city-state in Ancient Greece because it was a peaceful city-state. Athens had trade and there would be many sort of items from around Ancient Greece. Athens is also full of the wonderful arts. Athens is the best city-state in Ancient Greece because it was peaceful‚ it had trade‚ and lastly it was full of the arts. Athens is so clearly the best city-state because it was peaceful. In Athens one could relax. A citizen of Athens would not have to be
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The social and political system of Sparta was framed around physical superiority‚ duty to the state and conquest in war. The excepted concept of Eunomia further enforced this patriotism by placing the needs of the state above individual interest. While the Spartans lived within a rigid social structure based on a three-tiered hierarchy‚ they also participated in a cradle to grave obedience to the law. It was the determination of public officials who decided if a child was strong enough to survive
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Boys in Athens | Boys in Sparta | * Difference in Sparta’s and Athens’ Boys’ Education Difference in Sparta’s and Athens’ Boys’ Education In Athens‚ the essence of education was to develop citizens with education in arts and also to prepare the citizens for war as well as peace. * Until the age of six or thereabout‚ boys were basically taught by either a male slave or their mother. * Between the ages of six and fourteen‚ boys had to go to nearby Primary Schools or private academies
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Pericles‚ and His Influence on Athens Pericles became the leader of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War and was responsible for the rebuilding and reconstructing of this city. He became very powerful and well known through out the age of the 5th century‚ so powerful that this became known as the age of Pericles. He was the son of Xanthippus and Agariste. His father‚ Xanthippus was a military leader during the Peloponnesian Wars and was the victor at the Battle of Mycale. He would later
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Controversy between Athens and Sparta has led many to fall victim to falsified information and assumptions‚ resulting in utmost bias. When individuals visit Sparta‚ they soon realize these “cold-blooded barbarians” have reasoning behind their actions. Most people judge Sparta for our unfair treatment of helots‚ even though we treat them equally and better than the Athenian slaves. Athenian propaganda displays us as horrible demons for having helots incorporated into our society. Helots‚ or serfs
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Athens and Sparta are two very enjoyable and great places to live in Greece. It was very hard for me to decide which city-state to live in. Athens or Sparta? After thinking and going over pros and cons of each city-state‚ I have decided to want to live in Sparta. I choose Sparta because they had a significant military‚ woman had many rights‚ and girls got to participate in sports.Here are the three reasons why. ↓ The first reason why I would rather like to live in Sparta because they had an excellent
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Do the strengths outweigh the weaknesses? Sparta was the strongest military force in the ancient greek times‚ with the battle strategy the phalanx no one could take the vicious spartans down. They trained the soldiers at a young age so‚ they knew the battle strategies like the back of their hand. The strengths of Sparta outweighs the weaknesses. The strengths of Sparta are that they had an advanced military‚ they respected and trained the women‚ and they trained the soldiers when the soldiers
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481) The Sicilian military campaign of Athens proved to be one of the most disastrous military campaigns in ancient times. The loss of thousands of soldiers and sailors‚ hundreds of vessels and vast amounts of money from the treasury reduced tremendously the Athenian ability to wage war; however‚ even in spite of such a loss‚ Athens was still able to prolong the war for nine more years until the Spartans defeated Athens in 404 B.C. The downfall of Athens came as a result of Spartan military operations
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(27 years) and it was Sparta (Peloponnesian Leagues) vs. Athens. Spartans’ leader was Brasidas. Athens was lucky and got Pericles as a political leader as well as a military leader up until he died in 429 BC. Anyway‚ Athens was very good with the sea and ships and attacking that way. While on the other hand‚ the Spartans mainly covered the land. Slide 3: After the Persian War‚ because everything was destroyed and out of whack because of the Persian War‚ the Spartans and Athens decided that for thirty
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