they were to wear a crimson cloak and groomed hair‚ Lycourgas also stated the details about the cloak and hair. No hoplites fought as an individual‚ but instead they fought as one strong and mighty unit. Cavalry in Sparta was uncommon‚ and the only ones who road horses were the rich. Sparta also didn’t have archers‚ as they saw this as cowardly not to fight hand to
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as a result of Sparta’s fear of Athenian’s further growth of power (Cartwright‚ 2013). Fought between Athens and Sparta along with their respective allies‚ the Peloponnesian War resulted in the weakening of Greek city-states‚ which created vulnerability to foreign invasions (Cartwright‚ 2013). Following the war‚ Athens was reduced to a state of near complete subjection while Sparta assumed the leading power of Greece (The History of the Peloponnesian War‚ n.d.). Economic costs resulting from
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I believe that the Legalist idea of government is Sparta because to the Legalists‚ strength not goodness was a ruler’s greatest virtue. Many feudal rulers chose Legalism as the most effective way to keep order. So in my opinion Sparta was a more Legalist idea of government because of that they were very harsh on their people for many reasons. One form of it was that as Sparta was a warrior society‚ so from an early age‚ boys trained for a lifetime in the military. Officials of the government examined
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Leonidas of Sparta a heroic king This book is called king Leonidas of sparta a heroic king‚ the Author is Helena P. it’s about how king Leonidas led the 300 Spartans to war and how they train their sons to be strong and become a Spartan. From the moment of a Spartan girl or a boy came into the world‚ the military and the city state were the center of every Spartan citizen’s life. Both male and female babies were determined by city state if they were strong enough to be Spartan citizens. If the infants
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Superior Spartan Oligarchy Superiority is defined as being of higher grade or quality. And while the Athenian democracy has been able to become somewhat of a staple in modern society‚ in its time‚ it was the Spartan’s oligarchic system that allowed them to create such a strong society. It was a society that thrived on its strong political system based around a strong military. It is undeniable that in the time in which they both existed‚ the Spartan Oligarchy was superior to the Athenian
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word "government" and "culture" since the Greeks held that which we call culture is formed‚ shaped or controlled by the activities of the citizens of the polis. The polis was a type of force as well as alliance‚ thanks to it’s strength in numbers. Sparta and Athens both thought very highly of the polis‚ however they did different things to fulfill it. Their education varied‚ as well as their political rights and their economic standings. Athens was a democracy‚ in which all adult male citizens
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happened. Xerxes (grandson) was the army and the naval attack for them back in that time. He was in the battle of Thermopylae- 480b.c Sparta only had 300 men against the 6‚000 Greek (Persians) the Persians military was a victory of Sparta. The importance of the Greek victories was they had the golden age‚ and were the leaders of unity. When Athens had leadership Sparta was always trying to dig at it‚ Athens built a United Nations of their time period. There were 140 city-states. All male citizens could
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Ancient Greece had one of the greatest militaries of all time. All throughout Greece there were different city-states. Each city-state had a different style of war. In Athens‚ they had the largest navy in Greece and fought battles on water. Sparta dedicated all their men to military and were all soldiers. The Greek civilization began around 2800 BC and started in the bronze age. The Greek military was the most important part of Greek Civilization because it protected Greece against others‚ with good
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Athens vs. Sparta Ancient Greece was comprised of small city-states‚ of which Sparta and Athens were two. Athens was renowned as a center of wisdom and learning. The people of Athens were interested in arts‚ music‚ and intellectual pursuits. Sparta‚ on the other hand‚ was recognized for its military strength. A Spartan’s life was centered on the state‚ because he lived and died to serve the state. Although the competing city-states of Sparta and Athens were individually different as well as
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GREECE TIMES Socrates‚ our Greek philosopher‚ has profoundly affected our philosophy. Born in Athens‚ the son of Sophroniscus‚ he received the regular elementary education in literature‚ music‚ and gymnastics. He familiarized himself with the rhetoric and dialectics of the Sophists‚ the speculations of the lonian philosophers‚ and the general culture of Periclean Athens. I interviewed Socrates outside of his cell after his trial. He had just finished talking
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