Sparta was cut off from the rest of Greece by high mountains and wild country sides‚ there for Spartans developed their own ideas of society and government. A domineering society that focused upon its military strength‚ Sparta did not allow its citizens the lenient lifestyle of Athenians. The ideology of Sparta was oriented around the state. The individual lived (and died) for the state. Their lives were designed to serve the state from their beginning to the age of sixty. Women’s lives were
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Athens and Sparta as allies gained independence from the Persians in 480 BC. Athens with a democratic rule expanded by using the surrounding waterways for trade and developing a great navy. Sparta with an oligarchic rule settled in by developing a thriving agriculture community and a land based army. Civil war occurs in Epidamnus with two sides‚ democratic and oligarchic. The democrats requested assistance from Athens. If Athens chooses to get involved‚ she breaks the truce with Sparta. If she
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Throughout the ages of ancient Greece‚ many different types of rule were enacted. Some were more rare than others‚ such as monarchies‚ but they all played at least a small part in Greek history. Monarchy was not a common type of rule in Greece. The Greek people‚ especially those of the city state of Athens‚ would often conflate monarchy with tyranny. The Athenians were subjected to the invasions of Darius and Xerxes of Persia‚ so it would make sense that they would hold animosity against these tyrants
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privileges. The Spartans perfected the tactic of doing the Phalanx formation. They were known for being the terror empire‚ although they were not that scary. The Perioeci were some of the Sparta allies but not spartan citizens. With the threat of the bad propaganda by Pericles and the union of the delian league‚ Sparta had to allied with Syracuse and others. Making the first appearance of the Peloponnesian league to attack and destroy Athens. Later on The Spartans became allies with the long time Athenian’s
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of the Spartan hegemony; role and significance of Lysander‚ Agesilaus - Sparta won the Peloponnesian War. The war had ruined many states economically and spiritually. A true leader was needed. Thucydides believed Sparta would unite Greece and lead through goodwill. However‚ during the war Sparta had medised and sold the Ionian states to the Persians. Sparta could hardly claim to be the ‘liberator of the Greeks’. - Sparta had however earned the gratitude of many Greek states by overthrowing their
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Many people forget or undermine the importance of the perioeci and the helots in their study of Sparta‚ dismissing both groups as only slaves or inferiors that later overthrew the Spartiates. In truth‚ the perioeci and the helots both played an important role in the economic and military aspects of Spartan society‚ and contributed much to Sparta’s fame and military prowess. For the Spartan citizens‚ the other aspects of their life were left to the perioeci and the helots. Plutarch describes the
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Understanding Fact from Fiction Regarding Sparta in Literary Sources During most of the Archaic and Classical periods Sparta became an equally feared and dreaded state‚ which led to their eventual rise as the most powerful city in the Greek world. Despite the Spartans rise to power and glory it is extraordinarily difficult to write about the history of Sparta. The problem does not lie in the lack of sources but whether or not the sources can be viewed as historically accurate. When looking
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The Spartans do not ask how many the enemy but where they are are – Plutarch MODERN DAY SPARTANS The Book the Warriors Ethos is inspirational and was written for the men and woman in uniform. The story has a lot to talk about ancient stories of Sparta‚ and it shows how the Spartans had such a warrior mentality to defeat and concur the enemy. War is the will we impose on our enemies and is considered to be a violent clash of interest between and among organized groups. The big idea of the warrior
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. These ships managed to destroy a major Persian city‚ but Athens lost interest and soon returned home. ... This began what is known as the Persian War. It grew to become a war that soon threatened to put all of Greece under Persian control. Soon Sparta‚ a neighboring city/state of Athens and many other
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Spartan authorities‚ and the Athenian Aristides‚ who may have been behind the rumors‚ took over the command of the Greek army. Although Pausanias was cleared of all accusations‚ the Spartans now decided to remain outside the war against Persia. For Sparta‚ the main war aims had been reached now that a cordon sanitaire had been created in Asia Minor. If the Persians wanted to return to Europe‚ they first had to occupy the towns of the liberated Ionian Greeks. The Athenians had a different perspective
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