Athens Vs Ancient Sparta

In Sparta the right to live and be considered someone who can be part of the community took years and tremendous amounts of strength. Only men were considered to have any say and it didn't come easy to them. A man must be considered fit and not be born with any defects and a woman must be in great health and able to bear many sons. Any child born that was not considered to have these qualities would be cast out into the ravine and killed. Boys from the age of seven to eighteen would train and be

Essay #1: Athens vs. Sparta Erika Joyce Domagas HST 1310 LD06 Ancient and Medieval History September 17, 2015  Everyone has heard of the two Greek cities: Athens and Sparta. Athens is prominent for its architecture, art, and the Acropolis. Sparta is widely known in pop culture and for its military reputation. Together, they could be known for being in the Peloponnesian War. These are two popular cities with different reasons for being known. There are numerous aspects to look at but the

Sparta and Athens were both rival, but leading city-states during Ancient Greece and had polar opposite ideas on the best way to govern, the role of women, and even the life their societies would allow women to live. The city-states did share small ideas when it came to military and governing. However, despite both being in Greece and only 95 miles apart, Athens and Sparta have more differences than similarities. Mainly, their biggest difference lies in the type of government they had and the place

Athens and Sparta were two supper “Poleis” in ancient Greece. The two states operated in different ways in terms of their governance, political life, economy, education and social life. Athens operated a democratic system of government, while it neighbor the Sparta operated a military system of government. The right to participate in public life was therefore different in both states. The state of Athens became a democracy in about 500 BCE. The composition of Athens population include the following

of government in Ancient Greek city-states (UoPeople, 2017). The ancient Greek city-states which I will discuss in this assignment are Athens and Sparta. A monarchy is a type of government that is ruled by a king and a person becomes a king by inheriting the throne because he comes from a loyal clan. A person can become a king because his father was a king or because his brother/sister was a king/queen and did not leave any children. Before the dual kingship was introduced, Sparta was a true monarchy

Athens vs. Sparta Athens and Sparta are governmental systems that have divided the Greek City States. They are two rivals of ancient Greece. So close on a map yet they have different values, lifestyles, and cultures. Athens and Sparta both have lots of historical value for Greece. They both had an Assembly, in which the members were elected by the people. However, the top rulers of Athens were elected, while Sparta’s were not. Athens and Sparta were both military strong and both had very large

could not remain faithful to any polis, and I would venture to say his spoiled aristocratic upbringing and wealth probably played a big part in the person he grew up to become. From the very beginning, Alcibiades is introduced to us as a resident of Athens who is allowed by the Spartans to eat with them, largely because Alcibiades is accepting of their diets consisting of salted pork in blood (2010, p. 12). Alcibiades is an excellent orator, statesman and former student of Socrates and most likely

The great city-state of Athens was established around 3000 B.C¹ and was named after the Greek goddess of wisdom and military victory, Athena. The Athenian empire lasted until its defeat in the Peloponnesian war in 404 B.C², but despite its defeat Athens is still the capital of modern day Greece. Greece is considered to be the cradle of western civilization, but the city in Greece that most lives up to that claim is Athens as it was the home of democracy, philosophy, and free thinking. Although some

Danielle Palawasta Athens vs. Sparta Persuasive Research Paper Henry/Lih- LA/SS- Per. 3/7 Due: 3/22/13 Envision a world where the people are ravenous and yearning for any remnant of food they could obtain, where the society is overrun and no one has a free say. This is the type of society the ancient Spartans would have lived like unlike the ancient Athenians. The Athenians lived a far more diverse life if compared to Sparta. Ancient Athens was better to live in than ancient Sparta due to its efficient

Athens vs Sparta Ancient Greeks lived around 3,500 years ago and their legacy shapes the world we live in today. Ancient Greece was compromised of small city-states, of which Sparta and Athens were two. Although the competing city-states of Sparta and Athens were individually different as well as governmentally diverse, they both managed to become dominating powers in Ancient Greece. Athens was known as a place of wisdom and learning and their main goal was to create a society with well-balanced