In the Vth century, after the Persian wars, there were in Greece two major factions: Athenian Empire and Peloponnesian League, with Sparta in front. Athens and Sparta had some frictions, but largely no total war engagement…
Greek Weapons and Armor The Greek armor and weapons were when and where most modern weapons and armor originated from because the Greek were the ones that had created the most primitive method of crafting these weapons and armor. One of the most noticeable items that were brought over into modern times was the sword. The blade of the sword was straight, double-edged, and pointed.…
In The Massacre at El Mozote we see how the raping, torturing, and killing of innocent civilians broke apart families and destroyed livelihoods, as well as inspiring further political dissent amongst the people. While in Persepolis we see how the government used the war as a pretext for enacting extremely oppressive laws on its people, as well as capturing and executing political dissenters. The societal impacts were great as well, such as when the government enacted strict new religious laws, Marji and her family had to try and adapt to the new lifestyle they were forced to live; further showing how war can affect everyone in a country. It also does not help that these countries were both developing whenever these events took place. As the people were trying to build themselves up, the government came in and took it all away from them.…
Ancient Greece can be traced back to the Stone Age hunters (6000-2900 B.C.); however, Greek culture was much more notable from 1100-146 B.C., and likely had a more profound impact on Western civilization than any other culture. From 1100-750 B.C., a period known as the Dark Ages, Ancient Greece was immersed with wars and invasions and, over time, was divided into small, city states. During the Archaic Period (750-500 B.C.), art, the beginnings of democracy, and the knowledge and understanding of the written language started to re-emerge. The Greeks fought the Persians during the Classical Period (500-336 B.C.) and Athens reached its greatest political and cultural heights, including full development of a democratic plan of government (Document…
The Ancient Persian-Greek Wars began in 499 B.C.E. and lasted until 479 B.C.E (Kagan 64). This war is so infamous because of all the battles where the Greek underdogs triumph over the massive Persian forces. These events include a revolt against Persian forces and some major infantry and naval battles. All of these significant skirmishes led up to one outcome, the formation of the Delian league.…
Violence is an extreme way of solving problems. If an issue can’t be settled diplomatically, then people turn to violence; war rages, weapons are used, and harm is done. Sometimes these problems arise when people expect to be shown hospitality, or when they are not good guests. This may not have been a prevalent issue in ancient Greek culture because people were supposed to be hospitable, but surely it happened, as shown in The Odyssey. When people are staying somewhere where they aren’t welcome or wanted there will be repercussions regardless of the culture.…
In the Peloponneisian War reading from Mark Cartwright, when the war itself was over, they had already lost so many soldiers that they would need more, but the biggest effect that the war had been that in the end, Sparta made Athens take down their most precious defence, their long wall. This made their whole city-state weak, and shortly after, Sparta tried to invade Thebes but lost a crucial battle. They kept the fighting when they could have been getting new soldiers. After awhile, Athens caught a plauge, which was guessed to be ebola. After that happened they called a truce on the war, and they agreed to Sparta’s terms.…
This conflict, known as the Peloponnesian War, was incredibly destructive and jeopardized Greek society.…
Marathon In 490BC the Athenians marched to the bay a marathon to push back the armies of Persia. There are a lot of battles and a lot of men killed some of them even killed. 11,000 men were in the battels, all the men will get killed by the others. There were a lot of battles because of the Battle of Marathon.…
In the 5th century B.C the Persian Wars raged the Mediterranean in attempt to conquer Greece. The Greek history was a series of battles fought between the Greece and Persia from 499 BC to 479 BC. The Persians were successful at invading but never conquered Greece. The Persian Empire was the largest and most powerful empire in the world and Greece had many cities states including the two main powerful states who were Athens and Sparta. This event all started when a few Greek city states who were under the Persian Empire control revolted against the ruler who at that time was King Darius.…
As trouble continued, it culminated in an all-out invasion of Greece in 492BCE. (McInerney, 1998) In 491BCE, all but Athens and Sparta had capitulated to the Persian Army. This led to the 490BCE battle of Marathon, in which the Persian Army was soundly defeated. (Brand) Ten years later, Persian Empire came knocking again.…
“Sing, Goddess, Achilles’ rage, black and murderous, that cost the Greeks incalculable pain, pitched countless souls of heroes into Hades’ dark, And left their bodies to rot as feasts for dogs and birds, as Zeus’ will be done” (1:1-8). These are the first few lines of the book and we are already given dark imagery such as “black and murderous” and “incalculable pain” to explain the war to come. This remains a constant theme throughout the story which signals the act of war, and the death it brings, as negative and dreary. Though the poem never explicitly chooses whether it is anti-war or pro-war, there is visible evidence that puts it more favorably with the former. The Iliad is an anti-war poem because of how Homer depicts the harsh realities…
During the power struggle at Corcyra, there were violent land and naval battles, massacres, and a fire that burned part of the city. Such events occurred frequently throughout the Greek world during the Peloponnesian War. Beyond the actual physical losses of life and property, the period featured a decline in character as people prioritized power and possessions over culture and justice. In a sense the people of Greece behaved more primitively during the war than they had prior to it. Under the guise of supporting democracy or oligarchy to best govern society, people spited their enemies, stole from those who they envied, and fought for individual power with a brutality not seen in centuries in ancient Greece.…
The development of Athenian democracy was influenced by complex social, economic, and military issues, not to mention the obvious political aspect. However, even among these complex set of factors, one aspect in the development of Athenian democracy that stands out and affects all three sets of issues is warfare. Warfare was a constant in ancient Greece, and indeed most of the ancient world. City-states constantly fought, mostly against each other, though they would often band together against outside threats such as the Persians. The Greek style of warfare also tended to be fairly homogenous throughout the city-states as well, with an infantry formed from hoplites, and in the fifth century and later, a navy.…
Theater and drama is directly influenced by the fundamentals that Greek dramatics set in the preliminary stages of growth in the theater department. One of the biggest and arguably most important forms of Greek theater was tragedy. The subject of Tragedy is very broad and hard to define. To give the topic the attention it deserves it needs to be placed in its own piece of work to help dive into the different details surrounding Greek tragedy. This paper will start by looking deeply into exactly what a tragedy is and the origins of where it came from.…