Compare And Contrast Sparta And Athens

During the times of Ancient Greece, two major forms of government existed, democracy and oligarchy. The city-states of Athens and Sparta are the best representatives of democracy and oligarchy, respectively. The focus of the times was directed towards military capabilities, while the Athenians were more interested in comfort and culture. It was the oligarchy in Sparta that put a war-like attitude as its first priority and best met the needs of Ancient Greece. These factors empowered Sparta and led to the development of an authoritative and potent state. Other contrasting issues included women’s rights, social classes, and value of human life.

Athens had a better government in my opinion. I think Athens had a better government because they created a democracy. According to the Athens and Sparta Document Set, a democracy means “rule by the people”. The Athens also got to abolish politicians they did not like. Athens also had ten generals, meanwhile, Sparta has two kings. In my opinion, I think that having ten generals is better than two kings because they understand you more. Sadly not all Ancient Athens were citizens, but if a free male would be a citizen if his father was a citizen of Athens. Later on, they changed that law, it was then bothering the father and mother had to be a citizen for the child to be considered a citizen. Sadly the women didn’t get that many rights but they soon they got more status. The Athens also made it to where not only the wealthy can engage in the jury service. In the Athens, you have to be an 18-year-old man to complete military training. On the other hand, in Sparta, you have to be a 30-year-old to complete military training. Basically, I’m trying to say that the Athens had a better

Ancient Greece was comprised of small city-states, of which Sparta and Athens were two. Athens was renowned as a center of wisdom and learning. The people of Athens were interested in arts, music, and intellectual pursuits. Sparta, on the other hand, was recognized for its military strength. A Spartan's life was centered on the state, because he lived and died to serve the state. 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.

     As we look back upon the two significant differences in the governmental systems of Sparta and Athens, there are also many other characteristics that distinguish the differences and similarities of these two city states. The difference in land as well as population perceives a relative historical comparison. Sparta lacked land area and was forced to seek other land in the fertile plain of Messenia. Although, if we look at the Athens, we see that they had no issues with plentiful land, as they possessed large and populous territory.

The poleis of Athens and Sparta both had similarities and differences to each other, because of this, these poleis make excellent candidates to compare and contrast. For one thing, Athens and Sparta both had starkly different governments, Athens had a government where Athenian land-owning males could voice their opinions, while Sparta had an oligarchy. Athens had one of the best navies for the time period, while Sparta had one of the strongest land forces, the Spartiates. Also, Athens cared more for luxury items than Sparta and Athens pursued knowledge instead of military power, unlike Sparta. Although Sparta and Athens had many differences, they also had some similarities, such as how both poleis had very strong armies.

The governments of Athens and Sparta had many similarities and differences. The first difference between the two governments is that Sparta was ruled by two kings, while Athens was mainly ran by a direct democracy. These two contrasting ideas arose because Athens chose to relieve social

Sparta was a polytheistic society like many other Greek city-states. They believed in the Greek Gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Apollo, Artemis and many others gods. Most gods in spartan society would be worshipped as warriors like Aphrodite. Like many other city-states Sparta had favorite gods, these were gods that were most similar to the society. While they did have favorite gods they still tried to please all the gods.

3- Even if the two cities had similarity in several aspects mainly on government, society and military, they had many differences among them. Sparta had two kings in chorus and the rulers weren’t elected, nevertheless Athens had a king one time and the rulers were usually elected. In Sparta, they had a rule of Oligarchy (rule by a few), whereas In Athens they had a rule of Democracy (rule by the people, “Demos”). In Sparta, male citizens had obligation to military service only and had the right to vote while in Athens, not only the aristocrats were wealthy landlords but were military managers as well that means the Thetes. People in Athens had

Between the city-states Athens and Sparta, Sparta is superior geographically. To start with, Sparta is superior because of farming. For example, Sparta farmed crops like grapes, olives, barley, and wheat. Another example is Sparta produced broad beans, chickpeas, and lentils. In fact, they had fertile soil.

Athenians vs. Spartans There are many things that are the same within cultures and countries, but there are also many things that are found different. The Spartans and Athenians are two great examples of this. Between their government, military, and how they treat their woman, there are many differences. The Spartan government is an oligarchy, meaning the government has little power over the people.

Sparta and Athens have been rivals for several years in Greece. The two cities are very similar culturally and socially. Geographically the two are very similar to each other but what sets these two a part is not only politically, also their life styles, core values. Athens and Sparta were different in population. Athens had 140,000 that were located in the Attica region and Sparta had 100,000 people in the Laconia region.

The ancient civilization of Greece contained many different city-states; two of these city-states were Sparta and Athens. Sparta and Athens were different in their values, politics, and societies. Sparta was focused on their military, discipline, and to have a strong state. Athens was a democratic state that was peaceful and where women were open to culture and democracy. How do these two city-states differ?

The people wanted a voice, they did not want to live in a city-state where they were unhappy and silenced about what took place in their home. They felt as if their opinion mattered, and they were correct. Democracy gives the people freedom of speech and to speak out in a political matter in what they believe (“Athenian Democracy.”). To be allowed to be part of a community where what you said could change an outcome, meant a lot to the Greeks. Democracy protected the interests of the people (Breiner).

In the article “Athens and Sparta” by Mr. Duckworth, he states. “Where they differed was that while Spartans had militaristic values Athens had democratic.” Athens and Sparta were the two great powers on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. They fought for military might, and land.

In “Athens and Sparta”, Mr. Duckworth states, “Where they differed was that while the Spartans had militaristic values, Athenians were democratic.” These two very different city-states did not always have the same perspective on things. Due to these different perspectives it’s was difficult to decide on which city-state would have been better to live in. Although Athens would have been better to live in because the Athenians were ruled by the people, they built up their city to be better, and education was important to them.