Classical Athens

The city of Athens lived under forms of radical democracy from 508 to 322 BCE. During those years, Athens was an unwavering example of a prosperous democratic society. This form of democracy was not only giving citizens a right to vote, but putting much more power in the hands of the middle class. Opposite of a republic, Athenian people were governed by themselves and voted together on all issued big or small (Waterfield 75). In the 7th and 8th centuries BCE, Athens changed from being ruled by a…

This struggle for hegemony by Athens and Sparta…” or the Worlds currently developing, East/West Hegemonic dilemma; which “is felt most acutely by small, hitherto “independent” states that were now being forced to take side in the bipolar World… One such State was Melos… After strategically positioning their powerful fleet… [Envoys were sent, and a commission was held with the Athenians, where to be discussed was their surrender to the hegemonic protection of Athens; whose main purpose was…

Our City of Athens has been struggling for some time now to become a stronger city. At this time we are facing a battle just as difficult as the recent battles we have faced. As an assembly, we granted the metics who fought with Thrasybulus the right to citizenship. Those metics showed loyalty, strength, and passion to give Athens a chance to get back to the city we once were. Those characteristics shown by the metics are similar characteristics the slaves who also fought showed as well. I…

The Peloponnesian War started when Sparta the leader of the Peloponnesian league and the largest land power in the region started to become concerned with the rise of Athens powers. Athens was a power in their own right; they were the largest sea power and was the leader of the Delian league. Neither Sparta nor Athens could afford to accept supremacy from the other country. Power can be a dangerous thing, those who have it don’t like letting it go, and those who don’t have it will do anything…

The Spartan army was much stronger comparing to Athens army. By 500 BC, Sparta was recognized by other Greeks as the most powerful city-state. The Spartan phalanx is an unstoppable military force, almost like a human tank a wall of Spartan soldiers. Considering the fact that almost all of the other Greeks thought that Sparta was the most powerful city-state, shows that the Spartan army must've been incredibly stronger to gain so much power and it being known by other Greeks. The Spartan phalanx…

The ideal of Athens centers on its community, one of the most important is Liberty, Democracy, Education and Law. This society had several values based on believes that the aristocracy that is different and superior from the rest of the habitants was the aristocracy with more privileges and could have more power of decision among the others. Citizens could gather and form an assembly to participate in decisions for the whole community. Athens is a city encountered in Greece, and one of their…

within the Athenian assembly which transformed their political system into a democratic government. The transformations within the government greatly benefited the citizens of Athens, particularly the Thetes, however while it gave direct power to the Thetes it restricted the upper class citizens power and influence within Athens. Due to the restriction of the Areopagus, clubs were established by the wealthy in order…

It was 404 B.C, and the Peloponnesian War, the war between the two city-states, Athens and Sparta, had been going on for about three decades. Finally, with one last push, Athens finally surrendered, leaving Sparta to be the strongest city-state ever to be seen in the course of history. Sparta became invincible, far superior to Athens because women had more freedom and education than other city-states, they had two governments in different times, and they lived a military life. First and…

In ancient Greece, there were many places that were powerful in their own right. Athens and Sparta were two such city-states, but their ways of life were highly different. Athens was one of the world’s first well-known democratic cities, while Sparta was a place of militant oligarchy. Athens’s political system consisted of three levels of government. At the bottom of the bureaucratic hierarchy was the Ekklesia, the assembly of the people. The Ekklesia was made up of only males of Athenian…

Persian Wars. Over time, however, the League strayed away from its initial objective. Under the leadership of Athens, the Delian League slowly evolved into what modern scholarships describes as the “Athenian Empire”. Soon after the League’s formation, Athens began to gain more control of the League through military might through examples like the Naxian and Thasian revolts. Likewise, Athens demonstrated the economic dominance she had over most of the Aegean Sea through the Megarian sanctions and…