Peloponnesian War

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…

courageous like the Spartans, but instead the army is full of volunteers who are just a equally strong if not stronger, just as brave if not more brave, and all of this comes naturally to them. Since Athenians didn’t spend their lives training for war they did other things to occupy…

In around 450 B.C., the Athenian general Pericles attempted to combine his influence by utilizing open cash, the duty paid to Athens by its associates in the Delian League coalition, to bolster the city-state's craftsmen and scholars. Above all else, Pericles paid artisans to fabricate sanctuaries and other open structures in the city of Athens. He contemplated that along these lines he could win the doling so as to back of the Athenian individuals out a lot of development occupations; in the…

the aristocracy, the Ephors, and finally the kings being the most powerful. Spartan soldiers were trained from the age of seven to the age of 20, when they entered active military service. The aristocracy was born out of the end of the Messenian wars, when veterans were given parcels of land with Helots that farmed it (Brand, 4). The Ephors were elected officials who “served as a balance to the power of the kings” (Brand, 5). “Sparta’s unique dual kingship came from two separate royal tribes…

gives. This gives us the reasoning of why the history or evidence for Spartan’s history is difficult to come across or find. Until the early fourth century BC all Greeks made “heroic warriors”, but the Spartans were the one who actually trained for war. The organized their life from childhood around the means of being battle ready. One of the reason Cartledge give for their drive for military might was because they enslaved an entire population of Greeks and wanted to make sure it stayed that…

When one thinks of a revolution it is usually imagined with weapons and screaming protesters making a barricade. In Ancient Greece, a different kind of revolution was brewed, one where minds were being awoken to all the mysteries of the world. This was the revolution Socrates led amongst the youth of Greece. It was an intellectual revolution where Socrates taught new ways of thinking to the Greek population. These thoughts were mainly applied to the young people who were open to a different way…

How does fifth century tragedy relate to , reflect and constitute the Athenian polis ? -Jentina Gregory Athens the “city hall of wisdom” is the place where the first seed of democracy was sown . The democratisation of Athens coincides with the flourishing of “Tragedy” as a major genre in Athens In this paper my point of focus is the relation between the “Greek Tragedy and Athenian Democracy” and to note how far these two are interdependent on each other . Greek Tragedies took its…

During the Hellenic Era the Athens rose as one of the greatest mainland powers in Greece. As they rose they decided to change their government from monarchy to aristocracy. Little did the Athenian society know that one change would be a turning point for the west’s view on government from then on. The creation of the Council of Areopaugus was the starting point for this change the council was for elders of noble families exclusively to rule the Athens. As trade began to increase in Athens a…

then after that return home. Lamachus, suggested that they could attack their real enemy, Syracuse as this would catch them off guard, and would encourage the rest of Sicily to be on the Athenian side. Alcibiades was the expedition’s leader of the war party, and was perhaps the most influential and the strongest general that argued that they should urge the Sicilian cities to revolt. Then they would be free to place an attack on Syracuse as they would be left with no allies.…

The advent of coinage is a highly debated field in the study of Ancient Greek economies. In constant flux as new hoards are found and their analyses published, ideas regarding what motivated Greeks to begin striking metal pieces with stamps play an integral role in understanding archaic and classical Greece. However, some economists and historians question the way issues of money are approached. Economist Maria Pia Paganelli argues that asking what money is “for”, as if some individual invented…