the allegation that..... (insert second rebuttal point). Our first speaker praised our wondrous military. I will be continuing my team’s argument that Athens is far superior to Sparta by examining the mindset of the Athenian government. To prove/support my belief that the Athenian government was superior to that of Sparta‚ I will be arguing 2 major points. Firstly‚ that the government in Athens was fairer than theirs and secondly‚ that the system of governing was stronger than theirs. To begin‚
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“The growth of the power of Athens‚ and the alarm which this inspired in [Sparta]‚ made war inevitable‚” (Thucydides). While trade is often associated with facilitating war‚ there exists an obvious link between the growth of power thereof and war. As can be seen in the Peloponnesian War‚ a nation becoming a master of trade creates hostility with nations which want to have that power. Also‚ powerful nations become potential military threats‚ resulting in a dilemma of national security‚ similar to
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Leonidas lead a small army consisting of 300 Spartans (with several thousand other Greek soldiers)‚ who were to confront the powerful Persian army in a battle which is now known as the Battle of Thermopylae. The reason that Sparta only sent forth 300 soldiers to the battle because Sparta was in the middle of the religious festival of the Karneia‚ and according to Herodotus‚ the Spartans would only ‘march with all the troops at their disposal’ at the conclusion of this celebration. In ancient times‚ the
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Sparta is a city-state located on a peninsula called Peloponnese in Greece. Sparta was very abusive to their people especially their slaves‚ I believe that when Sparta fell apart that it was a good thing. Sparta abused their slaves and would kill them whenever something didn’t go their way. Sparta’s society revolves around war/military battles and fighting each other. The boys were forced to play war games and some ended in death. Sparta’s weaknesses outweigh the strengths because the Spartan boys
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Thucydides’ History Of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles’ Advice Athens and Sparta fought for supreme control of Greece for 27 years. The Peloponnesian War is the name given to this conflict between these two powers. Pericles‚ a prominent Athenian politician and leader‚ offered wise advice to the Athenians at the start of the war on how to manage the war while fighting Sparta. He said: “[Don’t] add to the empire while the war is in progress … [or] go out of your way to involve yourselves in
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The biggest rivalry groups in the 5th century BC in Greece were the Athens and Sparta. Although they resided in the same country they both had different ways how they managed their political‚ economic and social structure .The main goal of the Spartans was to have an elite state of soldiers. While the Athenians main objective was to have a society that was versatile‚ skilled and liberal. The Spartan culture was surrounded around warfare and military. Spartan children were trained from a very young
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shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta‚ meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks‚ he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war. The Greeks are plotting to invade Troy to steal the treasures of the Trojans. Meanwhile Prince Paris is assigned by his wise father and King of Troy to travel to Sparta and shows the peaceful intentions of his
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Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a play full of possibilities and contradictions. It is marked by the fact that the title of the play spells out the lead character of the play‚ a female. Furthermore‚ it portrays the women of Athens as teaming up with the women of Sparta to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War. This was fantastical‚ of course in the Athens of 411 BC. The women didn’t have a vote. They had no say in the matters of the state. They could not walk out into the city streets without their
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fought between the leading city-state of Athens and Sparta‚ along with their allies‚ resulting in the transfer of hegemony from Athenian to Sparta. The fundamental cause of the war was the Spartan fear of Athenian imperialism. These two powers have asymmetrically different military strengths. The Athenians and their allies relied on its Navy‚ while Sparta and their alliance relied on a strong army. Pericles led the Athenians and Archidamus led Sparta. Plague struck Athens in 429 BC‚ killing Pericles
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closely parallels the modern world. The most obvious connection is the one between the Delian League and the western world. The Delian league consisted of Athens and its allies‚ and was in regular conflict with the Peloponnesian League‚ consisting of Sparta and its allies. This can be compared to the near constant conflict between the democratic west
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