Athens and Sparta were cities that were located very close in terms of the geography but with very different models. In ancient Greece two models of social organization emerged in their city-states, they had the extremes of both models. Ancient Athens usually had a democratic society and focused on trade and the arts, whereas ancient Sparta was the model of a militarist state in which a ruling class of warriors exploited the numerous lower and defenseless class. The way of life of the Spartans was marked by a constant preparation for war. From the age of 7 the children were educated by the state, submitting them to a hard life and constant physical hardships to form strong men. From the age of 20, men entered the army permanently and must live
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Athens began as a monarchy, and gradually evolved towards more participatory and popular forms of government. In this way, since the power was concentrated in a few people, the government tended to maintain the privileges and the judicial sentences to favor the members of the ruling caste, this created resentment in the majority of the Athenians. As the years passed a new class was taking more power, was the merchants and entrepreneurs. Thanks to the exchanges with the outside, this class managed to have great economic power, trying to free itself from the oligarchy class. Athens had the peculiarity of being a city that had a social and political model with a lot of influence that is to say that it was considered the cradle of the civilization of modern democracy. The difference that existed between Athens and Sparta in addition to the differences of hierarchies, was that power and wealth was better distributed among citizens and the division of classes was not as noticeable. It is true that the democracy in which we live, is very similar to Athenian democracy, for example in that there are a series of rights and duties that we, as citizens of our country, have to fulfill; and they also look like the government is the one that represents the people, but it makes its own decisions if it thinks they are right for
Athens began as a monarchy, and gradually evolved towards more participatory and popular forms of government. In this way, since the power was concentrated in a few people, the government tended to maintain the privileges and the judicial sentences to favor the members of the ruling caste, this created resentment in the majority of the Athenians. As the years passed a new class was taking more power, was the merchants and entrepreneurs. Thanks to the exchanges with the outside, this class managed to have great economic power, trying to free itself from the oligarchy class. Athens had the peculiarity of being a city that had a social and political model with a lot of influence that is to say that it was considered the cradle of the civilization of modern democracy. The difference that existed between Athens and Sparta in addition to the differences of hierarchies, was that power and wealth was better distributed among citizens and the division of classes was not as noticeable. It is true that the democracy in which we live, is very similar to Athenian democracy, for example in that there are a series of rights and duties that we, as citizens of our country, have to fulfill; and they also look like the government is the one that represents the people, but it makes its own decisions if it thinks they are right for