Spartan Military From about the time of the Persian invasion until the Battle of Leuctra‚ Sparta was viewed as the powerhouse of the Greek city-states. There were numerous reasons behind their success‚ but there are few that stand out as the most prevalent. Spartan boys are born to be warriors‚ they are sent to the Agoge at the age of seven and forced to abide by the Laws set by Lycurgus the Lawgiver. Spartan men never had to worry about chores or any work that was done in the kleroi‚ allowing
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like their jobs and duties‚ and laws which had to be followed by everyone. Children lived an okay & simple life until the age of six. But in Sparta it was different from Athens because it was fair for both genders. And in both city-states Slavery was the same‚ both cruel‚ shameful and unexcusable. Men in Ancient Athens were different in Ancient Sparta. In Athens‚ boys were taught at home until the age of six by their mothers‚ and then they went to school. After high school they would attend
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over your men?” Gorgo‚ the Queen of Sparta and wife of Leonidas replied‚ “Because we are the only women who are the mothers of men”. This quote from Gorgo shows the great prowess not only of Spartan men but of Spartan women as well. Spartan women‚ along with Spartan men were bred to be the pinnacle of human performance and perfection. The armies and soldiers of Sparta are still revered as the best there ever has been. Often overlooked are the women of Sparta who were just as important in crafting
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Athens’s Simplicity & Spartan’s Power During the ages of 800 and 401 BCE‚ Athens and Sparta were very different in many ways‚ but in a couple of ways‚ they were somewhat similar. They both had wealthy aristocrats who controlled their government and who made decisions on what was “best” for their poleis and its people‚ and both used a political legislative system. While the Spartans had the elder council‚ called “Gerousia”‚ the Ephors and the general assembly‚ the Athenians had the legislative
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hegemony (371-362 BC) into external factors including the weakening of Athens after the Peloponnesian war and the growing irrelevance of Sparta as a result of population decline and the inconclusive Corinthian
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The Peloponnesian War is known for the famous struggle between the two dominant Greek city-states‚ Athens and Sparta‚ which lasted over 27 years. In 480 BCE‚ Athens and Sparta defended Greece against the immense invasion of Xerxes. After defeating the Persians‚ Athens started to grow extremely powerful and tensions rose between the city-states‚ causing nearly three decades of war. Sparta remained victorious while Athens was left bankrupt. Neither city-state was able to recuperate the military strength
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Unlike other nations that are unified under one ruler Ancient Greece was separated into a variety of governments that made it function poorly. In 900 B.C.E the Greeks ‘civilization began to emerge. The little towns slowly became cities‚ and the city prospered. Especially in 800 B.C.E when the Greeks created the Greek alphabet (O’Connell 20-21). Ancient Greece has multiple cities that each have its own government system. These cities are known as city-states or polis’ and each city-state acted as
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the best fighter of their era. The Spartan warriors and people of Sparta changed how people lived their everyday life. The culture was military based and the army always came first. The Spartans was the best culture because of their everyday beliefs; military based lifestyle‚ man and women’s fascinating lives‚ the great leader Leonidas‚ and the marriage customs. The Spartan military was the only way of life for most of the Sparta people. A lot of great Spartan battles happened in their history.
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the demise of such a rising star. The ultimate circumstance that I see causing the end of the Golden Age was the growing resentment Sparta had for Athens. As Athens and Sparta went
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Greece. It is about the famous Battle of Thermopylae that mainly involved both the Persians and the Spartans. The Persian army‚ led by a king named Xerxes‚ is in the process of taking over several Hellenic states in Greece. When Xerxes arrives at Sparta to strike a deal with King Leonidas (Spartan Army Leader) that he will have power over all of Greece if he will bow down to King Xerxes‚ Leonidas responds with retaliation against the Persians. King Leonidas assembles 300 of his toughest Spartan soldiers
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