Sparta was a superior city-state in ancient greece. Military was considered important than politics. Losing a battle was not an option against their rival Athens. Both have been fighting non stop until peloponnesian war which Sparta claimed victory. It is never a good idea to face a militaristic opponent. The odds would not be in favor of Athens for any battle with Sparta‚ thus raising a question why does Sparta have a powerful military. The Polity of the Spartans was written by Xenophon which
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war between Athens and Sparta. The Peloponnesian War‚ one the largest conflicts in the Greek City State era. When Thucydides wrote about the war between Athens and Sparta he says: “beginning at the moment that it broke out‚ and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it.” According to Thucydides‚ the Peloponnesian War of the end of the fifth century BCE arose when Sparta start afraid of the rising power of Athens. Sparta decided to wage a preventive
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from the view point of Captain Dillios (David Wenham) 300 is a graphic novel by Frank Miller and screenplay by Zach Snyder. At age 7‚ as is customary in Sparta... ... The boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. Manufactured by 300 years
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activities as a citizen. Greece was divided in city-states and two of them developed a high level in education: Sparta and Athens. The nature of the city-states varied greatly‚ and this was also true of the education they considered appropriate. Both daily life and education were very different in Sparta and Athens or in the other ancient Greek city-states. Sparta. The goal of education in Sparta‚ an authoritarian‚ military city-state‚ was to produce soldier-citizens. “The purpose of education was to
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POLITICS AND SOCIETY OF ANCIENT SPARTA According to the sources‚ how important were the helots to the Spartan social structure? (45 marks) The Helots were enslaved Greeks‚ captured by the Spartans‚ who performed many important duties in Sparta‚ including working the land to produce food and crafting items that the Spartans wouldn’t make themselves . According to the sources‚ the Helots were particularly important in the social structure of Sparta. Although they were useful and important‚ they
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Ideology is best defined as a system of ideas and beliefs that affect a person‚ group‚ or culture’s way of thinking. Ancient Greece was filled with different ideologies throughout the years; almost every polis with a different and unique set of values. Sparta had its strict militarism and aristocracy‚ suppressing people’s free thought. Athens had a mostly open‚ democratic‚ system‚ allowing more room for individual interpretations. And the empire of Alexander the Great that‚ despite having an absolute ruler
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military more important than reading and writing so they sent boys at the age of seven to military camps where they learned to endure harsh conditions and except severe discipline. Girls also did physical competitions‚ which surprised people out of Sparta. Sparta was the only city-state with a standing army while most other city-states gave training to young men in the art of warfare and they required all strong and capable men to get ready to fight in times of war. Athens had the largest navy that included
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The Peloponnesian War was the second major conflict between the most powerful Greek City-states Athens and Sparta. Lasting from 431-404 BC‚ the Peloponnesian War was considered by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides‚ to be the greatest disturbance that had ever affected the Greeks. Thucydides was a fifth century BC Athenian historian‚ political philosopher and general. He is considered by many to be the “Father of scientific history” due to his strict guidelines when it came to gathering evidence
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Kent Allen Professor Overholt Greek Civilization May 10th‚ 2017 Civilizing Greece A shame culture usually involves a person who tends to put a high level of importance on preservation of honor as well as on being publicly disgraced. Individuals tend to conform to the stipulated actions and norms for fear of being dishonored publicly or shamed. A guilt culture is defined as the internalization of moral codes. The conformity to a moral code normally takes place through a persons’ own will. In
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period. In Medieval and early Modern Europe societies‚ gender roles were clearly defined by the strong prevailing social structure of the period and were constantly changing because of historical circumstances. For example‚ in the Greek ancient city of Sparta‚ masculinity as an ideal was strictly associated with the characteristics of being physically powerful‚ loyal warriors while femininity was related to marriage and procreation. In the High Middle Ages‚ France’s social structure deemed that a noble
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