strong can call themselves Spartans. They did what they were trained‚ born‚ and bred to do. High honour to die in battle.) He really value his culture‚ and the way he lived‚ spoke‚ and acted was a reflection of his culture. His culture influenced his character. Honesty‚ He tells it like it is. Told the Persian messenger that even he would be accountable for his words. Even though the hunchback guy (I didn’t get his name) showed a passion and pride for being a Spartan‚ the king had to deny him for
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involved not only in government matters but also in matters of justice‚ as there was no separation of powers in ancient Athens. <br> <br>Unlike the Athenian government the Spartans didn’t use tyranny or any form Athenian democracy. Sparta did not like the way tyranny worked so they produced a different form of government. The Spartans formed a very complex government mixing democracy and oligarchy‚ and this form of government was a model for other poleis. The government was made up of three parts ruling
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So far this year the only Spartan Super I ran was in Canada‚ so I was looking forward to this one and a chance to see many good New England friends. I spent the early AM on Saturday racing on Randall’s Island‚ NY and then drove over 170 miles to the Massachusetts venue to race the Super on the same day. • Registration and Festival: I arrived very late on Saturday so no one was waiting on lines at registration and it went fast and smooth. Sunday morning‚ I was at registration at about 8am and
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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 at literary sources pertaining to Spartan history‚ there are five issues that must be analyzed and understood if we are to attempt to depict the fact from
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Before the war‚ I was a wealthy landowner with several prosperous farms in Attica and many slaves. The war destroyed me. The Spartans made sure my efforts to maintain my farm would never come to fruition. My olive trees‚ which took nearly a decade to grow‚ were left in ruins after the Spartans received word of the existence of my farmland. My slaves ran off. My debts were rising at alarming rates and I lost pieces of property one after another. The women who
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“Spartan policy was always mainly governed by the necessity of taking precautions against the helots.” (Thucydides; History of the Peloponnesian War). Since birth‚ Spartan men and women were inculcated with a mentality developed from the necessity to comply with a militaristic way of life. This society indeed grew out of a symbiotic tension with the vast population of Spartan helots. Men were taught‚ through the agoge (education system) harsh training and self reliance that would later be necessary
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Spartans and Special Forces; Who’s the toughest? Origins of Western Culture‚ HUM 101 The Spartans were the Special Forces (SF) of their time. Now we have Delta Force‚ Navy SEALS‚ Green Berets‚ Marine Force RECON and Army Rangers. All are small elite groups of warriors trained to kill. How many of today’s warriors would equal one Spartan? Given the vast differences in technology and the way that battles are fought‚ who would come out on top? Spartan warriors are taken from their
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his nobles together and outlined the plan that he had for attacking the Spartans as a way to get revenge on them for the wicket things that they had done‚ something that Darius was not able to do during his lifetime. Although‚ in the end‚ the Persians won‚ it was not a victory of which they should have been proud. This is evident by the movie 300. This film came out to tell the amazing story of the Spartans who‚ as an army of 300‚ fought off thousands of Persians before they were eventually defeated
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Using appropriate sources‚ DESCRIBE the role of women in the Spartan society. (10 Marks) Spartan Women played a huge role in a society that was famous for its military power. These women were no where near the same as any other Greek woman. In no other city or state were women so well incorporated into society. In no other city or state did women receive as many privileges‚ as much freedom or hold the same economic power and influence‚ if any‚ as the Spartiate women. Women were very much freed
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three methods of Tandon committee method Current assets Rs in lacs Current liab Rs in lacs Raw material 200 Creditors 250 WIP 100 Other CL 50 Finished goods 200 Bank borrowings 300 Receivables 300 total cL 600 Other CA 50 Total Core CA (CCA) 300 Total CA 850 2. From the following data calculate MPBF under all the 3 methods of Tandon committee Current assets Rs in lacs Current liabilities Rs in lacs Raw material 180 Creditors 120 Work
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