the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas, there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper, I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens, made war between these former allies inevitable. Whenever there is an argument or war there is always differences between both parties involved. In order to understand the causes of the Peloponnesian War, we must look at their differences. One
Athens vs. Sparta 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
Paper 1: Sparta VS. Athens Ancient Greece was rich in culture, as the country was separated into many polis (city-states). Among these cities, were the two most authoritative rivals—Athens and Sparta; having strived to attain power more than the rest, Athens and Sparta earned the most recognition. While both cities were two of the most powerful in Ancient Greece, the attainment of this power was approached in contradicting ways, as their values and lifestyle greatly differed. Athens and Sparta’s
As an introduction, Greece had a vast number of ancient city-states as one can easily gather from the map above. Many of these include Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Megara, Argos, Macedonia, Epeiros, Sicily and so many more. A lot is said about Athens and Sparta, but very little is spoken of the others. How were the government structures set up? Which of the city states had a monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and which city-state had a democracy? How were they similar? And how were they different
prominent Greek poleis, Athens and Sparta, were demonstrated first in the Athenian battle at Marathon against the Persian Empire in 490 BC, in which the Athenians commanded the battle through a democratic command, separated from the enemy by the freedom of the people, and then by the Spartans in 480 BC at the battle at Thermopylae (in the second Persian invasion), in which the Spartans showed their will to never retreat from the enemy in their fight to their deaths. In Sparta, while all citizens were
A Quick Look at the Structure of Government in Athens and Sparta. Name Withheld for Peer Grading University of the People Introduction In the historical search for the origins of democracy as a political system, we note that the Greek poleis or city-states in the classical and ancient eras are the basic nucleus of the invention of democracy, especially those that arose in both Athens and Sparta. Although the kernel of democracy that emerged at that time contained many flaws, it is undoubtedly the
Gender Roles: Athens Vs. Sparta Essay Two city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, seemly should be the similar as they belong to the same region, but due geography, the city-states of Greece have vast similarities and differences across the entire civilization. Greece was stationed upon a mountainous peninsula that just out in the Mediterranean Sea and the land was useless, as it lacked any natural resources, so culture grew along the sea and climate. With the ocean they had access to
Introduction: Athens and Sparta were ancient Greece’s two largest, most powerful and influential poleis, or city states (Brand: 1). This paper will compare the governmental structures of the two city states and provide an overview of how one became a citizen, became eligible for public office and rules governing the selection of office bearers. The paper will argue that although there were superficial similarities in the two poleis, their structures and governing political philosophies were very
Comparing Athens and Sparta: How two City-States were alike and the same, while carrying the title of Greek. Greek Background: Greek geography was something of a different animal to the rest of the world. These “city-states” were formed communities that governed themselves in one of three types of government. Monarch, Oligarchy, or Democracy. The monarchy was ruled by a king, while the oligarchy was made up of a small group of men to run the government, and democracy was made up of ordinary citizens
strategy was to try and get Athens to fight them on land. Because the Spartans could battle on land very well, they tried to force the Athenians to attack them on land; they tried to do this by using a psychological strategy. The Spartans landed in Athens and burnt all of the fields, crops, and houses that were outside of the Long Walls. They hoped that this would be enough to cause Athens to fight, but it was not. While this strategy was unable to get a reaction out of Athens, it did cause
Athens and Sparta were the two major polis in the classical Greek world, both very powerful and influential, but in very different ways. The majority of the hundreds of polis that make up Greece, independently ruled themselves. Greeks would go to Oracles to divine their future or settle disputes. Young Greeks would meet in Olympia for athletic competitions; known as, The Olympic Games. Athens and Sparta both had the Olympic Games and Oracles. They also shared other things; such as, language, culture
conditions in Ancient Athenian society were far better than those in Sparta. The definition of the word slavery encompasses a vast array of connotations, meanings, and values; in order understand slavery conditions in Athens and Sparta, it is important to decipher exactly what the word both means and implies. For all intents and purposes, in this essay the word slavery will refer to the non-citizen people of both Athens and Sparta who are enslaved by either the state or an individual person, depending
famous and influential being Athens and Sparta. Despite practicing the same language, these two cities certainly had a substantial number of differences between them. Several components of these cities were different from each other, such as their morals and lifestyles. I personally believe that Sparta was the superior city, due to their government, military, and womens rights. The government/political structures of Sparta and Athens are quite different from each other. Sparta had a type of government
ancient Greece history, there has been multiple lawgivers that shaped Greece's culture and social dynamics. Two of those main and well-known lawgivers of that time are Lycurgus and Solon. While Lycurgus reform shaped Spartan society and Solon's shaped Athens, their laws were created for the greater good of their cities. Both lawgivers have a different approach as to how they could help their cities and not favor just one side of the social hierarchy and not the other. They seem to have a different definition
city-states, Sparta and Athens, both had very different ideas on how to run a civilization. Athens model was democracy and rhetoric speaking. Sparta had an oligarchy and everyone worked for the state. Today, most modern governments have modeled off of the Athenian democracy but what would the modern day look like if we modeled after the Spartans? The Athenians were at the center of philosophy, were great traders, had an extremely strong navy with many citizens. Eventually though greed led Athens to bullying
the two largest, most powerful and ultimately most influential Greek city states, Athens and Sparta. Politically, they were opposites of each other. The city of Athens and its territory of Attica was a cultural and economic powerhouse. Athens was the birthplace of many fundamental aspects of Western civilization, including ethical philosophy and the theater. However the government and society of its chief rival Sparta was a warrior society of fierce, often unbeatable soldiers, and only warriors participated
Ancient Greece was Athens and Sparta. Although Ancient Sparta and Athens was in the same relative area there civilizations were astonishingly different. Their Governments were very different, Sparta being a kind of warrior race and Athenians being a place of indulgents and relaxation. The interests of the Greek people were better served by the Democracy of Athens compared to the Oligarchy of Sparta. Evidence of Athens fair treatment towards its citizens have survived down the ages. Athens had lots of relaxing
Greece is a country united by its name, but divided by its ways. Although Sparta and Athens were both Greek cities, their societies were different. Sparta was focused on having a perfect military, whereas Athenian daily life revolved learning and knowledge. When Spartan boys were being trained for an army, Athenian boys were being trained for life. Both of these societies revolved around different government, education from when kids to teenagers, the responsibilities each individual had to keep
there were two most powerful states Athens and Sparta. These two states has left several gifts to the world and that gifts had variously effected the world. Athens is famous for its highly developed democracy and its veritable cultural revolution. (Pritchard, 2010) They have left democracy behind and now many countries’ government has a governmental form of democracy. Also as there are less wars than past, countries started to have cultural revolution just like Athens. The hypothesis is that throughout
Introduction Sparta and Athens were two sides to a very powerful coin; on the one hand, the Spartan corporeal political system and on the other, the Athenian democratic prowess. Each culture chose to approach their legislative, judicial, and military systems differently. On the one hand was Sparta, which highlighted military service and sacrifice. On the other hand was Athens, which prioritized culture and established early democracy. While these city-states had many leadership styles, they differed