to financing for the war. Naval expeditions could be expensive and Athens would run into problems because they could not afford it. The expedition to Sicily would restrict Athens and their funds and at the battle of Aegospotami with the defeat from Sparta they could no longer afford to rebuild and so the war would come to an end. Athen will use their strong fortification and their navy to import in supplies. This will eventually become too expensive and many will become discontent with the current
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Peloponnesian war When people think of the Peloponnesian war they think only of the major battle and victory of Sparta! But what of the events leading to this triumph? There was the "first Peloponnesian war" But this war had only lasted 10 years. During this time the Spartans dominated the land and the Athenians dominated the sea. One advantage the Athens had was that they constructed massive walls all the way from the city to its seaport Piraeus. This allowed them to remain inside the city
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lawsuits against them. My fellow Athenians‚ dwelling too much on the past will surely hinder Athens in the future. If we focus on every trifling act committed‚ we will forget the real danger looming ahead of us- division. Nothing more would please Sparta and our enemies than to see Athens weak‚ suffering‚ and in turmoil. Considering all the land‚ young men‚ and possessions that we Athenians have already lost‚ can we afford to be bickering amongst ourselves over past actions which cannot be undone
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The Warrior Ethos The Warrior Ethos was written by Steven Pressfield‚ it was published March 11‚ 2011. The book is listed under many different genre’s‚ such as; war‚ military‚ philosophy‚ self-help‚ and psychology. The Warrior Ethos is devised into three parts‚ thirty chapters and it’s roughly ninty pages long. Though the book is short‚ it describes history as far back as Adam and Eve and then it jumps into the present day goings-ons. Mr. Pressfield wrote The Warrior Ethos as an addition‚ almost
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social unrest occurred which led to the decline of Sparta o There was inequality in Spartan society despite Plutarch’s claim that all Spartiates enjoyed land equality (B. Brennan) o Level of debt grew and government became more corrupt as Spartans could bribe ephors for additional and better plots of land o Aristotle also comments that some Spartans had large properties while others had comparatively small ones – further evidence of inequality o Sparta‚ like most ancient Greek poleis‚ had an economy
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in 431 B.C. between the Delian League‚ led by Athens‚ and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. According to Thucydides‚ Athens’ imposing hegemonic status and its overwhelming quest for more power made the Peloponnesian War and Athens’s eventual fall from power inevitable. Despite the Athenians having a far more superior navy and being considerably wealthier‚ they were defeated and made subjects of Sparta. In this paper‚ I will discuss Thucydides’ and Socrates’ reasons for why Athens lost the war
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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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In Greece it is a known fact that the citizens relied on the Gods for any complications they had in life. The Persian wars with Greece and how it affected Greece as a whole. What the main ideas in the Iliad was manliness‚ courage‚ and loyalty. In the comedy play the Congresswomen shows the dry wit people in the government was shown. There were many similarities and differences with the two main city-states in Greece but literature like the Iliad and congresswomen shows the beliefs and values throughout
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Athens took charge because Sparta retreated into its own self-interests‚ so to only protect themselves so the Ionians looked for help among the Athenians. It was formed in 477BC at Delos (which was a neutral city). The league seemed successful because in they had some big victories such as in: 478BC Byzantium retaken‚ cutting off Persians garrisons to Thrace‚ 475BC Eion recaptured 468BC major victory at Eurymedon River. It seemed to liberalise the Greek cities (except Sparta) and stamp out Persian threat
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Salamis at all was the result of a Themistoclean ruse” (Strauss 147). Another example is how Themistocles tricked Sparta as a whole; when Athens came under attack by Persian forces and had large portions of its walls destroyed‚ Sparta insisted it keep its walls unrepaired as a sort of memorial. Themistocles‚ however‚ instructed the Athenians to repair the wall and then left for Sparta to stall for time‚ only admitting the deceit once the
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