In 5th and 4th Century Athens unrestricted access to the legal system‚ as to other areas of political life‚ was the prerogative of the male Athenian citizen who had come of age. To what extent this unrestricted access to justice was extended to metics and slaves is open to debate however. Before I begin the main body of my essay I intend to lay down my understanding of metics and slaves in Athenian society before assessing specific legal cases regarding their access to justice. Firstly it is important
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Sparta went through a reign being known as the strongest polis‚ but before then‚ when Sparta was at it’s worst‚ Lykurgos came into the life of the Spartans and created laws and ideas that saved their city. Because he prevented the destruction of Sparta‚ he was honored and greatly respected by the Spartans. The laws and ideas created by him are greatly studied today. Lykurgos saved his city by reforming the political‚ social‚ and economic aspects of Spartan rule and the rules and focuses of Spartans
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From the beginning of Sparta‚ in 900 BC‚ until their fall‚ in 192 BC‚ they were the superior fighting warriors across the Mediterranean sea and in the European vicinity. The spartans were the strongest‚ most fierce‚ and most feared people in Europe at the time with a highly militarized lifestyle and society. The spartans were the ultimate “super soldiers” of their time‚ the reason for this being‚ from the age of 7 all boys were required to go to military training at the Agoge and train there until
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Bibliography: Ellen Papakyriakou/Anagnostou. (April 7‚ 2013). History of Sparta. Available: http://www.sikyon.com/sparta/history_eg.html. Last accessed 14th June 2013. Bettany Hughes - The Ancient World: The Spartans (2004) Distributer: Channel 4‚ running time: 105 minutes -------------------------------------------- [ 17 ]. ‘A History of Education
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Pericles was born in Athens in about 495 BC to a family of wealth and position. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was also a statesman‚ and his mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the politically powerful Alcmaeonid family. Pericles was one of the best known statesmen that Greece ever had. He studied under the Sophist and master of Music Damon‚ and the philosopher Anaxagoras as well as Zenon of Elea. Pericles was a very patriotic man as well as dignified and upright‚ that was why he got so much recognition
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700-800 getting out of the dark ages. 750/700-480 Archaiac period (ends with persion destruction of athens) 480-323 Classical period (great bldgs in athens/plays/comdies/tradgeies 323-30 Hellenistic period (period after the death of alexander the great) hellous became greek 776 first olypimcs (about the time emerging from the dark ages) 480 persians destroy athens 404 sparta defeats athens (near end of
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Kathleen Hum5 4/1/14 How School of Athens represents Renaissance The high renaissance is thought of to be the climax of art and emergence of artistic geniuses. The technicality of art dramatically evolves since the middle ages as well as heroic composition and artistic imagination. As Humanism and individualism arise in the renaissance artist take on a different perspective and some of the greatest thinkers and philosophers will emerge. Raphael’s ‘School of Athens’ is the ultimate embodiment of the
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Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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If there was one thing Sparta wanted out of the Peloponnesian War‚ it was to bring down Athens. Given Athens’ rising strength and its ability to acquire an ever-larger navy of vessels from contributions paid by its dependents and allies‚ Sparta appeared to be concerned (Cartwright‚ 2018). As a matter of fact‚ Athens was becoming stronger and winning more and more wars thanks to its allies. Furthermore‚ Sparta believed that if nothing was done‚ Corinth‚ another major Greek state‚ was going to be forced
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