1. The struggle against the Persian invasion had occasioned a rare interval of inter-state cooperation in ancient Greek history. The two most powerful city-states‚ Athens and Sparta‚ had put aside their mutual suspicions stemming from their clash at the time of Cleisthenes’ reforms in order to share the leadership of the united Greek military forces. Their attempt to continue this cooperation after the repulse of the Persians‚ however‚ ended in failure. Out of this failure arose the so-called
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Phaeax and Nicias. Nicias was mature and was considered a respected general‚ but Phaeax was like Alcibiades‚ young. However‚ he did not have the gift for public speaking that Alcibiades did. Nicias was also well respected by Sparta. While Alcibiades acted as a consul for Sparta‚ and the men that were captured by them at Pylos‚ Nicias was given most of the credit. The Spartans saw him as the reason there was peace between the two countries. Alcibiades was jealous of this and it was out of this jealousy
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John Gemmer Professor Solomon English 10100 6 March 2012 Section 1 World Civilization Chapter 4 Summary Iran is a land located in Central Asia which is surrounded by the Zagros mountains‚ Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains. The geography of Iran features deserts‚ mountains‚ streams‚ and plateaus. The people of Iran relied on irrigation in order to gain resources and move further down the land. Iran also featured a number of resources such as copper‚ tin‚ gold‚ and silver which served as goods
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At one of these parties Alcibiades and his cronies concocted an ill-advised plan. They would sail to Syracuse‚ in Sicily‚ which was over 500 miles away‚ with a huge army of over 30‚000 men. Syracuse was supposedly easy pickings and an ally of Sparta. The main opponent to this plan was a man named Nicias. When Nicias voiced his concerns over the invasion plan‚ Alcibiades turned the tables against him and Nicias ended up becoming a co-commander of the invasion. The night before the fleet
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In History of the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides accounts for twenty-one of the twenty-seven years of the Peloponnesian war. This was fought between two major Greek powers‚ The Delian League; led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League; led by Sparta. Unfortunately‚ due to his death‚ Thucydides was unable to finish writing for the full twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates
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two of the most well known polis are Athena and Sparta. While in Athena‚ there was a direct democracy with voting and an emphasis on education‚ Sparta was a strict military based society ruled by an oligarchy. At the same time there was a broad unifying Greek culture in eluding a common language‚ common mythology‚ and periodic celebrations like the Olympics. While Greek city-states joined to defeat a huge Persian invasion‚ later Athena and Sparta greatly weakened Greece by fighting each other in
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The Peloponnesian Wars were a series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta. These wars also involved most of the Greek world‚ because both Athens and Sparta had leagues‚ or alliances‚ which brought their allies into the wars as well. The Athenian Thucydides is the primary source of the wars‚ as he fought on the side of Athens. Thucydides was ostracized after the Spartans decisive victory at the Battle of Amphipolis in 422 BC‚ where Thucydides was one of the Athenian commanders. Thucydides wrote
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Explain the Social Structure of Sparta and its Significance in Spartan Society Good morning According to historical accounts‚ the Spartan constitution was created around the 750th C BC‚ by the great lawgiver‚ Lycurgus. The new system established a social structure that maintained a military power of Sparta and kept the conquered Messenians in cheque. Xenophon‚ writing 4th Century BC‚ recognised Lycurgus as the Spartan lawgiver. At the bottom of the social ladder were the helots. The Helots were
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The Battle of Thermopylae is shrouded in fluctuating estimations and conflicting historic accounts. There is as much myth‚ legend and mystery surrounding the actual battle as we have historical records for it. Historians from ancient Greece were very biased and so we must find a middle ground between accounts to have an educated opinion of what really happened. The most speculation involves the actual numbers and count of each side; the Greek forces and the Persian forces. Greek accounts say the
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The ancient Greek world comes in two parts Sparta and Athens. Sparta was known for their fighting and power while Athens was known for their performing arts and architecture. Overall ancient Greece was a powerful world that has changed this modern era for the better. Growing up: In ancient Greece when a child is first born it’s up to the father to choose to keep the child or leave it on a mountain to die. Often its either that the child looks weak or sometimes if they are a girl. Once accepted
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