The Peloponnesian League: an alliance of Peloponnesian cities with Sparta as the leading city. Sparta had a separate alliance with each city. ‘…we believe that the allies met as a council and could in fact overrule Sparta in a military decision. Thus Sparta‚ it would appear‚ relied on it command of influence and respect rather than outright military power in order to have its voice heard within its own band of most important allies.’ Welch‚ p. 169 Paul Cartledge: his work in the 1970s involved
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A History of Ancient Greece The Greek Genius Author: Robert Guisepi Date: 1998 The Greeks were the first to formulate many of the Western world’s fundamental concepts in politics‚ philosophy‚ science‚ and art. How was it that a relative handful of people could bequeath such a legacy to civilization? The definitive answer may always elude the historian‚ but a good part of the explanation lies in environmental and social factors. Unlike the Near Eastern monarchies‚ the polis was not
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"history" has now come to be applied to accounts of events that are narrated in a chronological order‚ and deal with the past of mankind. Learning by inquiry about the past of mankind was later developed into a discipline by the Greek historians Thucydides and Heredeotus (who is popularly known as ’Father of History’). E. H. Carn defined history as an "unending dialogue between the present and the past." Jawaharlal Nehru observed that man’s growth from barbarism to civilization is supposed to be the
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My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.” (Brainy Quote). This idea that he putting forward is that people aren’t actually happy with anything. Life just leads you to a dead end and there isn’t any true satisfaction and gratification before one dies. The reason is because if one lives an aesthetic life‚ they will never obtain all of the material items or money they desire‚ and if they live an ideal ethical life they will compromise some happiness
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Question 1: With reference to source A‚ what does the evidence reveal about the roles and status of women in Spartan society. In Sparta‚ women were well respected and had multiple roles within society. They were given more freedom than in most other Greek societies. The main reason for this was the fact that Sparta had a warrior culture and the men were away either at war or training for war. while the men were away the women had multiple roles. The most important of which was to give birth to healthy
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Government in Ancient Sparta Supposedly formed by Lycurgus‚ the government in Sparta is very unique in that it is an Oligarchy; combining monarchy‚ aristocracy and democracy. The reason for this is that few people actually ruled Sparta‚ and their power or time in office was limited to avoid corruption. There were two kings to keep a check on one another‚ there were 28 members of the Gerousia – a council of elders that included the two kings‚ five ephors who held in their hands the highest of
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By the middle of the 5th century B.C. Athens and Sparta‚ the two most powerful Greek city-states‚ found themselves on the brink of a full-scale war. According to Thucydides‚ at the beginning of the war both Athens and Sparta were at the pick of their might and flourishing and could trade and cooperate to each other’s benefit; instead‚ they got involved into an armed confrontation‚ in which the rest of the Greek cities participated‚ on one side or on the other. The growing military and financial
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Minoan Study The Minoans The Minoans are regarded as standing at the very beginning of European civilisation. They were regarded as being a people of magnificent social organization‚ culture‚ art and commerce. They thrived on their mercantile abilities and favoured "intense commercial activity". Their society was based on sea power and seaborne trade with evidence of links to Egypt‚ Syria‚ Sicily and Spain. Evidence suggests they were orientated toward trade and bureaucracy rather than military
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period? Herodotus gives all ancient historians invaluable insights into colonisation in the archaic period‚ despite having his well known limitations. We must overall regard his work ‘The Histories’ as an equal to archaeological evidence and Thucydides’ work when it comes to studying colonisation in this period. Before I begin this essay‚ however‚ I must first quickly define two crucial terms. The term ‘colonisation’ (as we mean it during the during the archaic period) has for some reason been
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side. The slightly later figure of Thucydides might hold a better claim to being the “father of history” in a modern sense. In his great work The History of the Peloponnesian War‚ an account of the conflict between Athens and Sparta that wracked ancient Greece between 431 and 404 BC‚ he brings a scientific approach to the presentation of his evidence and sources. Where Herodotus introduced legends‚ travelogs‚ and intimations of divine intent into his text‚ Thucydides is more direct and factual‚ declining
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