Thucydides’ History Of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles’ Advice Athens and Sparta fought for supreme control of Greece for 27 years. The Peloponnesian War is the name given to this conflict between these two powers. Pericles‚ a prominent Athenian politician and leader‚ offered wise advice to the Athenians at the start of the war on how to manage the war while fighting Sparta. He said: “[Don’t] add to the empire while the war is in progress … [or] go out of your way to involve yourselves in
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tribute from the states it controlled‚ Pericles‚ the leader of Athens‚ began a building project in Athens that was legendary. Athens had been sacked by the Persians during the Persian Wars and Pericles set out to rebuild the city. The city’s walls had already been rebuilt right after the end of the second Persian War so Pericles rebuilt temples‚ public grounds‚ and other impressive structures. One of the most famous structures to result from Pericles’ building project was the Parthenon.
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Pericles believed that Athens was a symbol of greatness which other states should follow. He behaved as if Athens was in command of the Delian League. Though Pericles served with nine other strategoi appointed each year from other tribes‚ none of the other generals had a similar influence and power over the ecclesia(the assembly) like Pericles. During this period(until his death in 429 BC)‚ Pericles was elected 15 times by his tribe as the strategos. Pericles was remarkably popular
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4 Life in the ancient Greco-Roman civilisation Reference Notes (A) Introduction to the ancient Greco-Roman civilisation ✦ ✦ ✦ The ancient Greco-Roman civilisation was the first civilisation to appear in Europe and was called the Cradle of Western Civilisation. It developed from the civilisation of the Aegean region around 3000 BC. The ancient Romans conquered Greece in 146 BC‚ and learned many of the ways of the ancient Greek civilisation‚ then developed their own civilisation in
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Attica which caused the Attican people to move to Athens and Athens became over-crowded. There were existing diseases in the city killing people and Athenian soldiers died of plague or being deadly ill. It was that period that the Pericles died as well. The demise of Pericles caused the members of the assembly to fill in the gap with bad rulers or demagogues. The demagogues were making empty promise to the people which made the assembly to come short of their decisions. The ruin they faced led to the
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upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet‚ T.S.[1]) is a verse mock-heroic satire written by John Dryden. It is a direct attack on Thomas Shadwell‚ another prominent poet of the time. As an English poet‚ John Dryden is classified as classic writer. When compared to romantic verses‚ Dryden’s poems‚ found lacking that love of nature. His verses are commonly simple. He loved to apply intellectual approach. Brower (1959) comments him that the whole account of poetic composition indicates clearly that Dryden
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democracy. Pericles had brought Athens to its best years. A blossom of education and arts had occurred and that advanced civilization globally. Themistocles could have never been able to do what Pericles had accomplished. Pericles had a vision for what he wanted Athens to look like and he went and achieved it. Pericles did not have as many enemies as Themistocles‚ because if he did he would have too been voted out of the democracy. Overall the better fit to rule over Athens was Pericles. Themistocles
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Roman civilization and Zhou-Han China (same time period): 1. A Roman City in Ancient China -Roman empire ppl immigrated to China‚ Turkestan (convincing?)‚ pp. 1 -Roman: never succeeded in subduing (conquer) the Silk Road army? -Military: Roman VS Parthians‚ pp. 3 -Military glory: the most wanted of Romans 2. The Roman way -Roman: a true comedy of manners‚ pp. 13 -Roman’s literature influenced by Greece -Roman’s literature appeared during 3rd century A.D.‚ after the First Punic War‚
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power to vote on the operation and execution of legislations. This system is well known for its stability and strength which have allowed an outline for modern western politics. Powerful Athenian statesmen‚ Kleisthenes‚ who reigned from 508BC‚ and Pericles‚ who reigned from 461-429 BC‚ significantly developed Athenian democracy through various reforms‚ these reforms constituted a remarkable re-shaping of Athenian society. They revised the citizenship law‚ the process of ostracism and the system of
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similarities of Lincolns Gettysburg Address and Pericles Funeral Oration. Audience (Who will read it and from whose point of view?) The audience will be the teacher and my family. Thesis Statement Prewrite While the following is the same in both documents: 1. 2. 3. 4. Honoring the dead. Appreciating the soldiers who fought and still may be alive. Telling them ways to grieve. Expressing their sorrow. 5. Very serious tone. This is what is different: 1. Pericles had a more harsher tone than lincoln
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