Personal Experiences In Athens

Ancient Athens was built on a democratic government. A democracy is when a government allows all of its people, no matter what class and how wealthy they are, to vote and agree on their own laws. There are many documents and resources that can prove that Ancient Athens was truly built to be a democratic government.

Ancient Athens (800 B.C. - 300 B.C.) is not a democracy. A democracy is a government controlled by the population, whereas the Athenian government was being controlled by only male citizens. According to Doc D, the ancient Athens were in fact an oligarchy, a government ruled by male citizens. The majority of the population does not vote in the Athenian politics.

Investigating Athens' Treatment of Her Allies During the period of 478-431, Athens’ treatment of her allies changed dramatically as she rose to become the leader of an empire. The establishment of the Delian League marked the beginning of a significant series of events, which lead to Athens’ rise to extreme power. From the evidence of Thucydides and the inscriptions, it is possible to track the progress of these events and the rapidly changing treatment that Athens enforced upon her allies.

When evaluating the government of ancient Athens, some might say that it was a democracy, however, it can be better described as an oligarchy: a form of government in which a small group of people has the power and control (Doc. D by Mogens Herman Hansen). A democracy takes all the citizens’ opinions and thoughts into account, unlike an oligarchy that only takes the male citizens’ opinions and thoughts into account. Thus, Athens is more similar to an oligarchy than a democracy. The people of Athens also decide as a whole what the best government for their city-state was, as opposed to a democracy where the people elect representatives to make decisions for them and their city-state. Athens could be seen as not a true democracy because of the lack of basic democratic rules and methods such as what they define democracy as, who is able to vote, and how they vote.

Ancient citizens from Athens and Sparta are representatives of what the ideal polis is. For the citizens as representatives, to be contingent in an ideal polis there must be loyalty and pride. The Spartans, between itself and Athens has a stronger polis due to their fearless citizens. Athens has an ever changing constitution that does not allow for consistency to flow. A constitution that continuously revamps itself every time there is someone or a new group of people in power does not set the credentials for there to be a respected polis. With an emphasis on the word polis there is an emphasis on the word “equality”, because in order to have the same goals on a large scale there needs to be an equal respective treatment between citizens

Athens was a great city of the Fifth century from Greece. They flourished during that time and were at the height of their power. They were also a very smart people, and some of their ideas have lasted all the way until present day. Perhaps one of the most important is democracy. Athens is one of the earliest civilizations that use this form of government and it nearly lasted two hundred years. Its hard to become as powerful as Athens did without making enemies or people that you rubbed the wrong way. Some people will say that Athens was a just civilization and others will say that they just looked out for themselves and attacked whoever would be of benefit to them. I think that Athens was a just civilization, especially of their time, nobody is perfect.

Athens had reached its glory in its Golden Age for over fifty years, but its decline had come eventually. One circumstance that led to the end of the Athenian Golden Age was the continued the wars between Athens and Greek city-states, especially with its long-time rival—Sparta after the Peloponnesian Wars, which had weakened the Athens political and economic foundation and also caused increasing social instability. When Athens was the leader of the Delian League, it used its military power to subdue the other small poleis under its control, which has raised serious resentment from the city-states. After the Peloponnesian Wars, many small Athenian subjects had joined Sparta, unfortunately, these democratic city-states while they were under the Athens’ control had been enforced to adapt to Oligarchies.

One of Athens Ga’s Famous site is Sanford Stadium, the fifth largest on campus stadium in the country. Another Famous site is the Double Barrel Cannon one of Athens most prized possessions. The Double Barrel Cannon was cast at the Athens Steam Company in 1862. The Cannon is now found in the City Hall in Athens. The most famous site in Athens would have to be The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. It offers educational programs for adults, children, and family friendly.

If you lived in Athens and if you were to be a man you would get lots of perks. Like how you get a lot more freedom than in Sparta. You also get to go to the agora and talk about politics and buy good for your family. I would rather live in Athens than in Sparta because men get to have a say in democracy, get to go to parties and banquets, attend plays, also wear fashionable clothes, get to have architecture and art, and they are well educated. One reason why I would want to live in Athens instead of Sparta is all the art and architecture.

Living in Athens at a vital turning point for the democracy was extraordinary. I truly enjoy my faction the Percaline Democrats and the faction members. The faction worked well to achieve our game goals. As an individual, however, I did not achieve all of my goals. Throughout my time in Athens, I have honed my skill of craft and argument.

Understanding the Role of Power in Athenian Justice and Morality In the era of the Peloponnesian War, Athens commits numerous heinous acts to its subordinate city-states: from the siege of Melos to the slaughter at Corcyra, Athens in many cases refuses to show any sign of mercy. The Athenians’ willingness to conduct these actions largely stems from a mindset which treats morality, justice, and power as one and the same. While this mindset is, to an extent, innate to human nature and the mentality of warfare in general, it is taken further than what would be considered normal in the case of the Athenians. Particularly, Athens justifies its actions with a mentality which stems largely from their capitalistic regard to power and hypocritical

Democracy comes from two Greek words: a noun demos which means, "people" and a verb, kratein, which means "to rule" (Ober 120). Democracy first appeared in Athens towards the beginning of the fifth century B.C. The biggest difference between Athenian democracy and almost all other democracies is that the Athenian version was a direct democracy rather than being representative. Democracy came about in Athens as a result of the growing navel power and the reforms made by leaders such as Cleisthenes and Pericles.

Athens was a much more superior polis compared to Sparta because the Athenians invented new ideas and creations that supported the people, such as democracy, the Athenians led the Delian League, and Sparta created the Peloponnesian League after the Athenians created their alliance, and the Athenians changed the ways of their government many times to suit the people, and the Spartans did not.

“While we may term other works paintings, those of Raphael are living things; the flesh

New Athens is a thoroughly planned island city in the Adriatic Sea, with equidistant historic landmarks of Mainland Greece, the birthplace of democracy, and Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance. About 600,000 residents inhabit our city of mild winters and warm summers, typical of a Mediterranean climate. Our city includes an inviting, sandy coastline, with leafy green forests speckled throughout the central region of the island, while a magnificent volcano stands proudly near the northern coast. These features lend themselves to tourism, one of our city’s primary industries and sources of income. In addition to tourism, a large-scale, commercial aquaponics farming facility serves as a means of economic activity and growth,