Sparta

century, a Greek city state named Sparta came and rivaled Athens. Sparta rivaled Athens because they have strength, discipline and obedience with their army, which sometimes is not a very good thing. (Background Essay). Many Greek settlements had to fight to survive, which Sparta did. I believe that the weakness outweighed the strengths. How did Sparta do this, how did they manage fighting for rivalry? One reason how they did this was with a strong, obedient army. Sparta had a formation called a…

cities stand out as stark opposites: Athens and Sparta. When considering the two, many consider Sparta to have been far more progressive in terms of women’s rights, at least for that day and age. Compare: in Sparta women were encouraged to eat well, and train their bodies, that they might be at their peak physical form, while in Athens women were fed what the men did not eat, and were rarely allowed to leave their homes. At first it appears that Sparta embraces the idea of equality, but I…

John Yost 11/1/2016 The Greek city-state of Sparta consisted of three social classes, the citizens of sparta who were the only people that had any say in the government, the perioikoi who were not full citizens of sparta but were not owned and had no say in the government and finally the Helots (slaves), who were the ones who did all of the work in the city-state while the Citizens or men were off at war which mostly consisted of farming. Sparta was unlike its Greek counterpart Athens.…

resolution (Mathisen 2012, 167). Two of the most powerful city states in Greece during the time of the Classical Age (500-387 BCE) were Spartans and Athenians, conflicting with one another during their highest point in their own civilizations. Neither Sparta nor Athens were considered the ideal polis because both city states had their own characteristics that made their political structures completely different from each other. While Spartans valued its soldiers (basing its civilization…

Sparta was a civilization that was highly inclined in their military. They were so prodigious that they were known to have the most powerful army in Greece for a several of centuries. This dominance could range from boys at the age of seven starting to train for the army, to Sparta conquering the Messenians. The Spartans also granted considerable freedom for their women which was a shock to other Greek city-states because they were expected to do housework around the house discretely. However,…

of Athens and Sparta were prominent powers during the Classical Era from c. 750 BCE – 400 BCE. The two emerged around the same time, but grew into vastly different cities. One became a powerful military state, while the other became the birthplace of democracy. Both Athens and Sparta helped to shape civilization in the ancient western world, but they were often rivals, and polar opposites in the aspects of government, militarism, and culture. Originally four small villages, Sparta unified and…

The Women of Sparta Spartan women in the 5th Century BCE were in many ways completely different to other Hellenic women during this time. Their role as mother, wife and woman were all far beyond what was expected of an every-day Athenian woman. Their way of living was foreign to the rest of the Hellenic world as their roles in society, upbringing, marriage and motherhood all heavily differed from those experienced by women in other poleis lifestyle. However, most evidence of what women’s lives…

Sparta is the superior because of their Geography and Daily Life, Government, and their Cultural Achievements. The first is Sparta Geography was surrounded by mountains and hills. The mountains included Mt. Taygetus (2407m) and to the east by Mt. parnon (1935m). The mountains protect them Spartan city-state was established during the ninth century BC, when several villages near the Eurotas River united.Eurotas River provided much-needed water, while the nearby plains allowed the ancient…

multiplicity of city-states, we see distinct variations across societies. The place this distinction is most easily seen is when comparing Athens and Sparta. Despite being sister cities, and working together to twice fend off Persian invaders in the Greco-Persian wars, Athens and Sparta always seemed to be rivals. Despite sharing new ways of governance, Athens and Sparta differed in how they went about it. Greece is the first place where citizens were allowed to rule themselves, although it…

Many of the arguments against Sparta reason that government officials did not grant enough power to the people of the city-state, and therefore favor Athens. This is not the case. The kings, elders, and rulers of the Spartan government knew what was best for the citizens of Sparta, and, as a consequence, created strictly regimented rules that shaped Spartan lives for the better. Although Sparta did not have a significant amount of participation in law by common people, it was able to create and…