more superior state to Sparta due to their ability to induce bravery and courage without the issue of a labourous system such as the agoge. I oppose this argument as I believe that the Athenians were not totally equipped and were not well prepared for war
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instrument). The most widely known Spartan musician was Tyrtaeus. He lived during the Second Messenian War and his music inspired many Spartan soldiers to new heights of bravery (Isaac Asimov‚ 1965‚ p. 53). But then something happened‚ a war with the Messinians. The First Messenian War broke out in 730 B.C‚ when the Spartans marched into Messenia eager for more land. After 20 long years of war the Messenians were forced to surrender. They were made into helots (slave/workers with no rights)
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Negotiation is perhaps the most flexible form of dispute resolution in modern times. However‚ it cannot be assured that it will always reach a positive conclusion. The negotiation dialogue in between the powerful Athenians and weak Melians is one such example. Melians were concerned with fairness‚ justice‚ impartiality‚ and honor. They were quite idealistic and proved to be uncompromising on that principle. On the other hand‚ Athenians were apprehensive towards the Melian’s reservations. They were
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such as; the war‚ politics and the plague. Thucydides (c.460-395BC) was born in Athens into what is believed to be a royal family. After proving to be a bad general he was exiled and spent twenty years in Thrace. During his time in exile Thucydides took advantage of his time and wrote ‘The Peloponnesian War’‚ which is an account of the war between Athens and Sparta 431 – 404BC. His history is divided into eight books; books 1-4 deal with the first ten years of the Peloponnesian War and the peace
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as Athenian citizens living in the city‚ and Athenian coins and democracy being distributed into these cities. Eventually‚ Athens overexerted itself‚ trying to expand its territory too far‚ while also taking on a war with Persia in Egypt. This proved to be too much and they lost the war in Egypt‚ as well as letting go of most of its territories‚ except for the Aegean empire. The positive that came from the Athenian empire was a development in art‚ architecture‚ and philosophy during this time‚ as
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Similarities between Sparta’s goals in the Peloponnesian War and Rome’s objectives in its expansion across Italy lie in the quest for dominance and control. Both city-states sought to establish rule over their respective regions‚ motivated by power‚ resources‚ and strategic advantage. In the Peloponnesian War‚ Sparta aimed to curb the rising influence of Athens‚ the leading naval power in the Greek world. The conflict arose from a struggle for dominance between two major city-states‚ each representing
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vice versa. Thucydides was a consequentialist‚ Kant was a staunch deontologist‚ and Weber believed that both consequentialism and deontology had their own place within the realm of politics. Thucydides lived in a time when lands were strife with war‚ and strong nations overpowered weaker states in order to amass an empire. This brutal landscape shaped the way in which Thucydides viewed human nature. He
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The Persians were a brutish people‚ who wanted nothing more than to conquer and ruin the Greek way of life. The Persians played the Greek city-states against one another in order to inhibit success against their attacks. The Ionian Greeks were conquered by these barbarians‚ and their way of life was threatened. The Greek’s freedom was perishing‚ while the power of the Persian’s continued to expand. The Persians were a tolerant empire with strong leaders and some autonomy though they restricted
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Darius was the king of Persia and the first to attack Greece. The war was called The Battle Of Marathon it was the most famous. It was the very first battle to be recorded. After defeating the Persians the greek city states became more confident about themselves and how strong they are to defending their city states. The Persian armada of 600 ships an invasion force of of 20‚000 infantry and cavalry on just north of Athens in september 490 B.C. Their goal was to crush Greek states. The Athens had
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utilized these opening lines in his speech because he knew that this was something very significant for the Athenians. I believe he used this to emphasize the sacrifices made by their ancestors and to ensure that the people understood that the past wars and deaths led to the current democracy which has laws that benefit all citizens
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