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Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.) took place between the Athenian empire and Peloponnesian league lead by the Spartans. It's was a very long war, its lasted roughly 27 years with a six year peace treaty in the middle. Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful city-states at the time. Sparta was an oligarchy which means they were ruled by few people and Athens was a direct democracy, they are considered he first democracy. The tensions between the two rose escalating to war

on Athens was the destruction of their military. Athens was not only forced to destroy their city walls but also their fleet. After the destruction of their navy fleets it ensured Sparta that Athens would not be able to revolt against them. As Thucydides recalled while studying the war, “The Athenians were destroyed with a total destruction- their fleet, their army- there was nothing that was not destroyed, and few out of the many returned home.” This gave Athens almost no possibility to recuperate

loved his choice of ‘lifestyle’ because of the decision he made when he was young. He chose to live a short, but a memorable one rather than an old but ‘basic’ life. When Achilles died, he was given a very extravagant funeral, as was to be expected. Thucydides once said that “The whole earth is a grave to heroes”, and this was true for the Greeks. If the tales of the heroes are true, than the Greeks had ever need to praise their heroes for their sacrifice, because without them the Greeks would never

significant ways. Another source of similarities and differences across civilizations is medicine. A similarity in medicine was the attempt to explain maladies and sicknesses without supernatural cause, as shown by the “Plague of Athens, 430 BC” by Thucydides and Hippocrates’ On the Sacred Disease. They tried to describe the diseases as scientifically as possible, with Hippocrates going so far as to call doctors who tried to pin the sicknesses on the gods, “quacks” and “magicians”. This is more in line

created a commonality between everyone. Also in Sparta, all male citizens were considered to be equal if they finished their education. This quote from Thucydides shows that men were considered equal, “Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that superiority lies with him who is reared”. (Thucydides. 1. 1.84). In some city-states even people of unequal status treated each other with respect. Sometimes families that were supposed to be considered more

A lot of our language comes from Rome and Greece. The founding fathers could read both Latin and Greek and knew Greek and Roman literature and history fairly well. John Adams read Cicero, Tacitus, and many others in Latin. He also read Plato and Thucydides in original Greek, which he considered the supreme language. It’s obvious that we don’t speak Latin but many things are America is named after Romans. For Example: Cincinnati is named after former Roman general, Cincinnatus. The calendar comes from

Ancient Greece is one of the most famous and important contributors to Western Civilization and the modern world. The Greek civilization only lasted around 4 centuries, but the Greeks civilization and ideas have formed and shaped the ideas and civilizations of the world for thousands of years. The Greeks strived for arête meaning being excellent in everything they do. The Greeks were in fact, excellent in everything they did. Greek culture is used as a reference for their democratic government,

Chapter Summary- Origins of Organized Diplomacy This chapter gives us short overview of history of diplomacy, how it developed, what was at the core beginning and what influenced it most. Firstly there were assumptions that foundations of foreign policy were based on changeless national and imperial characteristics, that it is special and beyond understanding of ordinary man, so everyone tried to leave it to those elects in the Cabinet and trust them ‘blindly’. Implicitly it was believed that

Looking back at civilizations such as the Romans and the Greeks provides insight into their sucesses and also their downfalls. The Romans were able to unify while the Greeks were not, there are many reasons for this. The Romans created a huge empire that lasted many centuries due to their strong military and obedient soldiers, their centralized government, and lastly the similar traditions and religions. Meanwhile the Greeks were not able to unify due to all their city states that were not as centralized

The Peloponnesian war lasted from 431 to 404 B.C. and was profoundly influenced by two Athenian men, Pericles and Alcibiades. Though Pericles and Alcibiades were related by blood they were quite different. Pericles was a diplomat, he approached matters with a level head and tried to find a solution that did not end in bloodshed. Alcibiades was less stable, he either fought, manipulated, or ran when confronted with a problem. Both men spoke eloquently enough to move almost the entire city of Athens