Spartan

In several lands and cultures have many pros and cons but the Spartans were known for being a perfectionist society, but as you may not know, as the Spartans had multiple amounts of strengths as they also did with weaknesses. During the time of 5th century in Sparta emerged a tiny powerhouse in the eastern Mediterranean, rivaled against Athens. As so for the educational system performed a major factor between both civilizations taking over each other. And both had their very own benefits and unbeneficial

Herodotus Portrays Leonidas and the Spartans as brave and strong throughout the text because Leonidas is a Greek descent as well as Herodotus himself. In the reading of The History of Herodotus, one of the first things Herodotus states is Leonidas’ ancestors. He states, “Now Leonidas was the son of Anaxandridas, who was the son of Leo, who was the son of Eurycratidas, who was the son of Anaxander, who was the son of Eurycrates...who was the son of Hyllus, who was the son of Hercules. Leonidas had

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The Spartans The Spartans always proved how much greater, stronger, and more powerful they were than the rest of the Grecian world in everything they accomplished. They were superior in every form of combat known at the time and had the best military known in ancient history. The Spartans had an intellectually advanced society, powerful women, forcible rulers, and the toughest military in the surrounding area of Europe. The Spartans had one of the most advanced societies to exist during the time

Having no citizenship they integrated into the Spartan system as traders, fishermen, sailors, manufacturers and craftsmen. There is little known about the perioeci except that they were of Dorian origin and lived in communities spread throughout Laconia and Messenia and on all major routes. They were a self-governing people free to make their own laws but they did not have full rights within Spartan society and could not make alliances with others in the Peloponnese. Although

at the time. There is evidence that art was one of the major forms of cultural expression. Pausanias mentions many statues at Sparta and it is likely that the majority of these would be made from bronze. This reveals the importance of culture in Spartan society at the time. The archaeological evidence of The Vix Crater, used for mixing water and wine and weighing two hundred kilograms, suggests that it was made for display instead of practical use [Brennan, 2007]. It is decorated with hoplites and

tough call, but in the end I would have to choose to live in Sparta. There are many reasons behind that choice, but most of them tie back to me being a female and how each society treated their women, both Spartan and Salian cultures treated women better then Roman society that being said Spartan culture, according to Xenophon women were treated very similarly to the men in many ways. In the beginning of Xenophon’s Constitution of the Lacedaemonians Xenophon explain how bearing children was a keep

to defend Greece. The King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans all died honorably while the Persians were able to get past the Spartans. The Spartans were citizens of ancient Sparta during ancient Greece. The movie shows the difficulty of a Spartan’s training by showing children fighting wolves and other children. Although this is a Hollywood movie, there are some parts of the movie’s portrayal of Spartan training that are historically accurate. Spartan training was ruthless and demanding for the men of

lack of knowledge and family is what Spartan boys experienced starting at age seven. Spartan education was focused on primarily war and tough conditions. The boys had no shoes and limited food because the generals thought the cruel rules would have the boys ready for any condition. The strengths of Spartan education did not outweigh the weaknesses for these three reasons: health and conditions, ethics, and training and teaching. A reason the strengths of Spartan education did not outweigh the weaknesses

The lives of Spartan women were unusual in the sense that they were very different from those of other Greek women. In Athens, for instance, women were confined to the domicile and wore clothing that covered and hid their form. In Sparta, this was not the case at all. Sparta enjoyed communal ownership of property and all things, in essence, belonged to the State—men, women, children and goods. Thus, all were equal (or nearly so) before the State’s needs and women had more freedom to move about