Acropolis of Athens

Athenian War Strategy: Peloponnesian War Thucydides described the 21 years long history of the Peloponnesian War (431-411BC), between an alliance of Spartans and Athenian, the powerful city state of ancient Greece (war formally ended in 404 BC). This war was the result Athenian rising power because ‘the rise of new power always create uncertainty and anxieties' . Athenian and her alliance dramatically increased their power after thirty years’ peace treaty. Both alliances "refused to give up…

Thucydides described the 21-year long history of the Peloponnesian War (431-411BC), between the alliances of Sparta and Athens, the two powerful city states of ancient Greece (war formally ended in 404 BC). This war was the result of the Athenian rise to power because ‘the rise of new power always creates uncertainty and anxieties.' Athens and her alliance dramatically increased their power after the thirty years’ peace treaty. Both alliances “refused to give up their position under the…

On one end, the Greeks are manipulative and smart, but the Persians are innovative and well-led. The Athenians began the war by defeating a small, light army of the Persians at Marathon. Following that, Persia invaded Athens, but because the Athenians were smart, they invaded the city and were ready for the attack. As the Spartans were the best military of this time, they defeated Xerxes’ brilliant invasion. The Persians used a “bridge” to attack…

Athenian Government in 403 BCE Athens went through many changes in government structure, and eventually produced the most radical democracy of its time. The shape of the Athenian government in 403 BCE was especially important, because it changed from the oligarchy of the Thirty Tyrants, established by Sparta after the Peloponnesian War to a radical democracy. The radical democracy was successful and remained the shape of the Athenian government for around a hundred years. Athenians went…

The final days of democracy in Greece are in fact the story of how Athens lived its last century as an independent state. The moment of fall has to do with its time when it shined the most over Greece: at the height of power as leader of Athenian league and leader of Greek culture. The city-state pattern of Greece created a reality of competition, individuality and community centered exclusively around each political community. That is why Greece never reached a national consciousness, even…

complicated work. Much of the work about Parthenon has been attributed to Pericles in the past. However, Pericles was simply one of the many officers involved in the construction of the Parthenon. The construction of major building in Athens involved many people since Athens was a democratic state. Parthenon construction involved negotiations and consultation with many agents (Neils). There has been misinformation that the Parthenon’s frieze was the first part to be designed and constructed by…

similar architectural style. The Roman and the Greek culture have influenced the architecture around the world till date. The Parthenon may be one of the greatest architectural achievements by the Athenians in Athens. Athens was one of many Greeks city-state, In the 5th Century Athens was the most powerful city-state. This precinct becomes a sacred one rather than a defensive one. This building has had tremendous influence because it’s the birthplace of democracy and it’s extraordinary…

the Persian threat was gone, several Greek city-states formed the Delian League to protect the Greeks from any future foreign invasions. Persians had lost the war, and were weakened because of the lack of leadership. As for Athens, they needed to be rebuilt. After the war, Athens became one of the most powerful city-states.…

Herodotus Histories presents the large scale war between the ancient Greek and the ancient Persia. The book points out two main forms of governments, a democratic government like Athens, and a monarchical government like Persia. Even though, there are many pro and cons about the two forms of government systems in the book, Greek still won the war despite the huge military power disadvantage against the Persia. Clearly, the Greek’s way of life is more effective at war than Persia’s. In ancient…

In reading the round 1 discussions it is clear that we came to similar conclusions as to which events portrayed the Greeks resisting Alexander’s enterprises the most. We all pulled from similar events; the revolt at Thebes, the Aegean war and the Peloponnesian revolt. The opinions of the state of unification of the Greeks, differs among the responses. In Harneet’s response I liked the focus on Sparta and the Peloponnesian revolt. By focusing on this event the essay was able to contain more…