the reasons for Thebes’ short hegemony (371-362 BC) into external factors including the weakening of Athens after the Peloponnesian war and the growing irrelevance of Sparta as a result of population decline and the inconclusive Corinthian
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Around 492 B.C.E. Persia was the most powerful empire in the Mediterranean. They sought revenge towards the Greeks‚ which caused King Darius to send demands to Greece. Athens and Sparta were very hesitant when obeying the demands‚ most of the other city-states were quick to obey. While the Greeks saw what Athens and Sparta did as an act of defiance and it showed pride‚ Darius was obviously not happy. This lead to the Persian Wars‚ which would eventually lead to the Peloponnesian War. Both of these
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During 490-479 BC‚ the Delian League‚ with Athens as their leader‚ fought a desperate war against the world’s strongest power at the time‚ the Persian Empire. With the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC‚ in which the Athenian navy played a crucial role‚ the League checked the Persian invasion into the Greek mainland. After the war‚ Athens expanded its authority over the Delian League city states and turned the League into its empire‚ reducing them to its subjects. Athens imposed the use of Athenian coins‚ weights
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his revenge. The first invasion of Greece was in the plains of Marathon near Athens‚ a great and scholared city at the time. The Athenian army had 11‚000 solders while the Persians had 15‚000. With good weapons and clever leaders‚ the Greeks were able to win the battle of marathon. Ten years later‚ Darius’ son Xeroxes carried on his father’s plans to take on Greece after his death. This time‚ the powerful army of Sparta joined with the Athenians. The Athenians sent their navy to attack the Persians
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ancient rulers‚ two are made very memorable. Lycurgus‚ ruler of Sparta‚ and Solon‚ ruler of Athens‚ made significant impacts on their polis that would continue throughout ancient Greek history. The reforms that were created by these rulers can be disputed in regards to their benefit on their city-state. The reforms Solon implemented were more efficacious in producing democratic change in Athens then those reforms that were executed in Sparta by Lycurgus. Due to the fact Solon is a man of middle ground
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will demonstrate how the Peloponnesian War stood as a great example of how superpowers become thrust into battle with one another‚ based upon corruption‚ vast difference in lifestyles‚ and the urging from smaller entities. Focus will be on how both Athens and Sparta’s political‚ social and diplomatic systems forced them into battle‚ but the battles themselves are of little concern in this essay. It was the “behind the scenes” events that can best explain and summarize the war. With the focus laying
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records‚ documents and writings were kept • Democracy in Athens • Athens had a form of taxes. • Sophists – traveling teachers • Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle C. Inequality in Classical Greece • Slaves were non-Greek who were “living pieces of property” but were mostly treated humanely because they formed relationships with their owners. • Women in Sparta had rights and were outspoken and had public visibility. • Women of Athens had arranged marriages and were kept indoors and were only
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fight the mighty Athenian empire rather than accept vassal status. Athens had been at war against Sparta‚ to the south in the Peloponnesus‚ more or less continuously since 431 BC. Athens had been unable to make much headway on land against the vaunted Spartan infantry‚ while Sparta was no match for Athens at sea. Frustrations were mounting on both sides. A fragile peace was in place‚ but it was in the process of unraveling. Athens chose this moment to target Melos. Why? Thucydides‚
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Leonidas was one of the first to fall. Around their leader’s body the gallant Spartans fought first with their swords‚ then with their hands‚ until they were slain to the last man. The Persians moved on to Attica and found it deserted. They set fire to Athens with flaming arrows. Xerxes’ fleet held the Athenian ships bottled up between the coast of Attica and the island of Salamis. His ships outnumbered the Greek ships three to one. The Persians had expected an easy victory‚ but one after another their
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local village group of Athens that they are born into. 5. At what age are Athenian boys considered to make the transition to the world of men? (1 point) Age 3 6. What is the agoge? (1 point) It was the rigorous education and training regimen mandated for all male Spartans. 1. What happens when a Spartan boy turns 7? (1 point) He joins the military . Compare the education of a Sparta boy and an Athenian boy. (2 points) They Both have to be educated. In Athens the parent pay for education
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