Compare And Contrast Classical Civilizations And Athens

Rome and Athens were both superpowers during their time and paved the way for modern day western culture. There were a few things that Rome did better though including their citizenship system. The following reasons are why Rome’s citizenship system works better than Athens’. Firstly the Romans allowed a higher number of people to become citizens. The next reason is that Rome made sure that their citizens were playing a role in society. Lastly the Romans had a more organized and efficient senate than that of the Athenians.

A golden age is a period of cultural accomplishments brought on by economic prosperity and relative peace. The Roman empire experienced a golden age after the fall of the Roman Republic, arguably one of the greatest golden ages in history. The Pax Romana began in 27 B.C. and it reigned for 200 years before falling. The Pax Romana was a time of great prosperity with many accomplishments. The Pax Romana was not only significant because of the amount of wealth and power it wielded at the time, but it also contributed an enormous amount to society today. These contributions can be seen in many things like literature, currency, religion, medicine, etc. These accomplishments is what made them thrive during their golden age and help us thrive today. Their advanced society is one of the many things that shapes us today .Some of their greatest accomplishments were the architecture and their strong military and government. There were some important accomplishments in architecture and political and military structure that greatly influenced us today. The most important and influential of these achievements was the peace and stability they achieved.

Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states, known as the Delian League, defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on, what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually became an Athenian empire. Eventually, Athens abandoned the pretense of parity among its allies and relocated the Delian League treasury from Delos to Athens, where it funded the building of the AthenianAcropolis. With its enemies

In 400 B.C, The Athenian civilization experienced a golden age. The Athens experienced a great amount of peace and prosperity due to their contact and trade with others, and rare warring. During this time, ideas and philosophies were produced. These ideas influenced western civilizations in the areas of politics, science, art and architecture.

The age fell after the fall of rome but persisted to spread in the seventh century to Isam. Hellenistic is greek culture mixed with other cultures atat spread over greece's vast and different city states and conquered areas. They concentrated on the arts and education and new types of schooling was invented along with wealth and sophisticated taste in arts and literature. Library's, engineering, universities and theatres rose in Athens and a golden age was birthed. Greek style was used throughout almost every city and official administrations drew in colonists. This new cosmopolitan age brought forth some of the world's greatest and best ideas, scholars, arts,engineers, thinkers etc. Securing a spot of importance for all generations to admire and

Thesis: The Greek influence of outstanding culture, gods, and their beautiful art to the Romans’ they took this inspiration on to their own creation. Both ancient build devotion to their gods they would bring the most precious things to them temples, however, they would focus on making large empire to rule and to take control of their city-states.

The Roman empire is one of the greatest empires knew today that started in 750 BCE, it started off as a small city that turned into a giant. Since Rome had such a strong army it made the empire expand extremely, and its government went from a republic to a dictatorship. Over time, the empire had gotten lazy and had been sacked by the outside.Because of the poor government, military problems which lead to foreign invasions, and natural disasters with illnesses Rome fell apart.

Athens and Sparta were two powerful city-states, different from each other where Athenian democracy focused on economic advancement, while Sparta oligarchy focused on military force. Democracy is a system of government where citizens have the right to vote, whereas oligarchy is a system of government where only a group of people is in control and only their opinion or decision that were taken into consideration. Leading to the thesis statement that people are better served by Athenian democracy than the Spartan oligarchy, supported in three evidence points. Firstly, Athenian democracy allowed citizens participation in government that gave them freedom to vote and take part in legislation. Secondly, the Athenian government provided Athenian men better education, by being taught how to read and write to reach their academic advancement. Lastly, the Athenian democracy’s contribution to Athens military advancement that protected its citizens.

Although developing several models of what many modern people would call a civilization and finally having most humans adapt to living life in or around the city took thousands of years, by 2,400 BC Sargon had established the first true empire. Despite the honor and glory that came with achieving such a monumental victory for humanity, the empire and its capital lasted for a blink in the eye of history before misfortune cast it aside. Subsequent ruling powers attempted to perfect the system that had failed the Akkadians, each with a seemingly new approach to creating a society that could withstand any negative forces that they might come against. The Phoenicians established and maintained themselves by trade. Greek city-states utilized a wide range of approaches and governing styles. The Macedonians, led by Alexander, modified and melded what those before them had used in order to establish one of the largest empires of all time. All of these great empires believed that they had finally found a way to stand the test of time and remain, and still they fell. The great Trojan walls were taken down by the simplest of schemes. Even the Romans, with their incredible aqueducts, large-scale architecture and a ruling body whose control spread farther than any had imagined, were eventually was disbanded by a series of unfortunate events including Germanic tribes and fanatical emperors.

In the passage “Athens and Sparta,” Mr. Duckworth states “Where they differed was that while Sparta had militaristic values, Athenians were democratic.” Athens and Sparta were two major city-states in Ancient Greece. Both city-states would have been decent places to live. However, Sparta would have been a better city-state to live in than Athens because Spartan women had more independence that other women in Greece, Sparta had a strong army, and Sparta was selfless.

After reading “Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World,” many things started to spark up in my mind. I never knew that so much was going on many years ago and made a difference to how the world is today. I found two interesting things that really stood out to me. The first one was the fact that the women of Athens were treated differently. According to the book, “Arts & Humanities I 2410,” it states, “Like the metics, the women of Athens were not citizens and did not enjoy any of the privileges of citizenship (Arts & Humanities I 2410). In my opinion, I feel as though women should not have been treated in this matter. It seems like women really didn't have a role to play. Basically, during this time period, women were being taken advantage

Athens obtained hegemony around 448 BC, right after the war-like city-state of Sparta. Athens’ Golden Age was under the rule of Pericles, who initiated a large number of public works projects and encouraged the arts and literature. With the help of rulers such as

The Athenians have made it their boast that they had never been conquered. Both Achaean and Dorian invaders passed them by, possibly because their rocky plain was far less fertile than the rich valleys of Argos or Sparta. Thus the Athenians represented, or claimed to represent, the purest and most ancient Grecian stock, descended from the gods themselves (Ellis). The initial name of Athens was Akte or Aktike, named after the first king, Akteos (http://www.sikyon.com/Athens/ahist_eg01.html). Her second name, Kekropia, came from the king, Cecrops, who succeeded Akteos by marrying his daughter. According to the legend, his lower body was that of a dragon. During his reign, goddess Athena

In the 5th century BC the city of Athens is growing rapidly. The city of Goddess Athena will succeed under the leadership of the famous Pericles, to experience the greatest glory that a city would ever know. Pericles will be the one who will sign it and through his politics Athens will enter the so-called "Golden Age".

The plague of Athens led to the death and destruction of not only a mass of people, but the entire civilization. This cataclysmic event that ended the great civilization of Athens has inspired countless authors to write about it. Starting at the beginning of 431 BCE, historian Thucydides wrote his take on it. In his work, “The History of the Peloponnesian War,” Thucydides discussed the social and political consequences of the plague; a personal account on the experiences he lived through. Anywhere during 99-55 BCE, poet Lucretius had his work, “On the Nature of the Universe,” end with an account of the Athenian plague. Lucretius’s account was nearly an exact translation of Thucydides’ account, but whereas Thucydides wrote historically and genuinely on his experiences on the plague, Lucretius left certain things out and elaborated on others as he wrote it as part of natural phenomenon and laid out his writing to tell, in a didactic poem, the mental experience of the Athenian people.