Government in Athens
... limited powers. The Macedonian king ruled his country like a dictator, a ruler who held all the power. No one could make any decisions without his approval. In Athens, the assembly still met to make laws, but it had to be careful not to upset the king. The Athenians didn’t dare make any drastic chan ...
... limited powers. The Macedonian king ruled his country like a dictator, a ruler who held all the power. No one could make any decisions without his approval. In Athens, the assembly still met to make laws, but it had to be careful not to upset the king. The Athenians didn’t dare make any drastic chan ...
Ancient Greece notes
... (represented by all male citizens) grew increasingly powerful. For the first time since the concept of democracy was introduced by Solon more than a century before, the term finally had true substance behind it. Of course, in today's viewpoint, Pericles' society was a far cry from a real democratic ...
... (represented by all male citizens) grew increasingly powerful. For the first time since the concept of democracy was introduced by Solon more than a century before, the term finally had true substance behind it. Of course, in today's viewpoint, Pericles' society was a far cry from a real democratic ...
The Peloponessian War 431 – 404 B.C.
... they threw their own dead body upon the stranger's pyre and ignited it; sometimes they tossed the corpse which they were carrying on the top of another that was burning, and so went off....” ...
... they threw their own dead body upon the stranger's pyre and ignited it; sometimes they tossed the corpse which they were carrying on the top of another that was burning, and so went off....” ...
Classical Civilisation Revision – June 2010 (Year 10)
... You will sit two one hour papers in June. They will cover the two topics studied in terms one and two, Athens and Sparta/Greek Tragedy and Drama Festivals Unit 1: Greece and Rome – Stories and Histories 1C – Athens and Sparta In this unit candidates will study society in both Athens and Sparta. They ...
... You will sit two one hour papers in June. They will cover the two topics studied in terms one and two, Athens and Sparta/Greek Tragedy and Drama Festivals Unit 1: Greece and Rome – Stories and Histories 1C – Athens and Sparta In this unit candidates will study society in both Athens and Sparta. They ...
Four Reformers
... • Athens originally a kingdom morphed into more of an aristocracy that became unstable, partially due to oral and arbitrary laws • 621 BC, Draco appointed to codify the laws • Unpopular move because the laws (both as they already existed and were codified by Draco, but also most especially as design ...
... • Athens originally a kingdom morphed into more of an aristocracy that became unstable, partially due to oral and arbitrary laws • 621 BC, Draco appointed to codify the laws • Unpopular move because the laws (both as they already existed and were codified by Draco, but also most especially as design ...
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... Problems for Athens: Rebellions in ___________ and ___________. Problems for Sparta: ___________ can’t get reinforcements in the north. Truce Spring of 423 BC Spartans and Athenians agree to a one-year truce, but there are immediate problems. ___________ immediately rejects the truce; they are actin ...
... Problems for Athens: Rebellions in ___________ and ___________. Problems for Sparta: ___________ can’t get reinforcements in the north. Truce Spring of 423 BC Spartans and Athenians agree to a one-year truce, but there are immediate problems. ___________ immediately rejects the truce; they are actin ...
Classicism - Duke People
... whether they are actually on the statute book, or belong to that code which, although unwritten, yet cannot be broken without acknowledged disgrace." ...
... whether they are actually on the statute book, or belong to that code which, although unwritten, yet cannot be broken without acknowledged disgrace." ...
Ch.1 Athens: The Invention of Democracy
... political activity - in the western world at least - is to produce the legislation and the administrative measures that people want. "But in order to understand how democratic politics serve this social end, we must start from the competitive struggle for power and office and realise that the social ...
... political activity - in the western world at least - is to produce the legislation and the administrative measures that people want. "But in order to understand how democratic politics serve this social end, we must start from the competitive struggle for power and office and realise that the social ...
Ancient Studies History -- Unit 3 -
... century. The rivalry between the “aristocratic” and “popular” parties, and Pericles’ decision to favor “the people.” Pericles’ use of money from the allies (the Delian League) for projects in Athens. The success of Pericles’ building program in beautifying the city and providing employment. The grea ...
... century. The rivalry between the “aristocratic” and “popular” parties, and Pericles’ decision to favor “the people.” Pericles’ use of money from the allies (the Delian League) for projects in Athens. The success of Pericles’ building program in beautifying the city and providing employment. The grea ...
Athens: A City-State
... king's powers. By the end of the Dark Age, a small group of nobles shared power equally with the king in many city-states. This system of government in which a few people hold power over a larger group is called an oligarchy. This system was a step toward democracy, since a group of men, rather than ...
... king's powers. By the end of the Dark Age, a small group of nobles shared power equally with the king in many city-states. This system of government in which a few people hold power over a larger group is called an oligarchy. This system was a step toward democracy, since a group of men, rather than ...
The Peloponnesian War – Video 24 – The Beginning of the End
... Athenians and motivates them further for this campaign. Nicias accidently provided the incentive for the Assembly to side with Alcibiades. Immediate problems with campaign: ___________ is a very powerful city within its own right; only a few steps below Athens and Sparta in military strength. If the ...
... Athenians and motivates them further for this campaign. Nicias accidently provided the incentive for the Assembly to side with Alcibiades. Immediate problems with campaign: ___________ is a very powerful city within its own right; only a few steps below Athens and Sparta in military strength. If the ...
May16_2009presentationBaileyMcRae
... opposition to the Four Hundred. He was responsible for the recall of Alcibiades and contributed largely to the naval success of the following years. He was banished by the Thirty Tyrants and fled to Thebes where he organized a band of 70 exiles and occupied Phyle (late autumn, 404). When his followe ...
... opposition to the Four Hundred. He was responsible for the recall of Alcibiades and contributed largely to the naval success of the following years. He was banished by the Thirty Tyrants and fled to Thebes where he organized a band of 70 exiles and occupied Phyle (late autumn, 404). When his followe ...
Social Contract, public choice and fiscal repercussions in Athenian
... actors to explain how change comes about. Then by using ancient and modern sources of literature, we analyse the theory of the social contract as a historical phenomenon that first appeared during the classical period of Athens (510-323 BC.). Then we utilize our findings to explain how public choice ...
... actors to explain how change comes about. Then by using ancient and modern sources of literature, we analyse the theory of the social contract as a historical phenomenon that first appeared during the classical period of Athens (510-323 BC.). Then we utilize our findings to explain how public choice ...
History of ancient greece
... number of its military-aged citizens on it as farmers. This type of settlement (Cleruchy) was not independent, and its inhabitant remained voting, serving citizens associated with their home Demes. It did however serve several purposes: it acted as a garrison ready for action at a moment's notice, r ...
... number of its military-aged citizens on it as farmers. This type of settlement (Cleruchy) was not independent, and its inhabitant remained voting, serving citizens associated with their home Demes. It did however serve several purposes: it acted as a garrison ready for action at a moment's notice, r ...
Fides et Ratio
... 2) Empires have had both positive and negative effects in human history. Discuss the Sumerian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, and Hellenistic empires- which ones were the most beneficial and which ones were the most destructive? Why? 3) Democracy in ancient Greece offered great promise, although it also ...
... 2) Empires have had both positive and negative effects in human history. Discuss the Sumerian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, and Hellenistic empires- which ones were the most beneficial and which ones were the most destructive? Why? 3) Democracy in ancient Greece offered great promise, although it also ...
Lecture 10 Thucydides and the Athenian empire
... no edifice, private or public, which might be of any use to the work, but throwing all down. [4] After giving these instructions, and adding that he would be responsible for all other matters there, he departed. [5] Arrived at Lacedaemon he did not seek an audience with the authorities, but tried to ...
... no edifice, private or public, which might be of any use to the work, but throwing all down. [4] After giving these instructions, and adding that he would be responsible for all other matters there, he departed. [5] Arrived at Lacedaemon he did not seek an audience with the authorities, but tried to ...
The Rule of the Tyrant Pisistratus
... humane and mild and ready to forgive and kept them in quietness. Hence the those who offended, but, in addition, he tyranny of Pisistratus was often spoken of advanced money to the poorer people to proverbially as “the age of gold”; for when help them in their labors, so that they his sons succeeded ...
... humane and mild and ready to forgive and kept them in quietness. Hence the those who offended, but, in addition, he tyranny of Pisistratus was often spoken of advanced money to the poorer people to proverbially as “the age of gold”; for when help them in their labors, so that they his sons succeeded ...
BACKGROUND ON THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
... in the rest the barbaroi put out to sea and, taking up from the island in which they had left them the Euboean slaves, they sailed. The barbaroi then sailed away later back to Asia. [6.117] In this battle at Marathon were killed, of the barbaroi about six thousand four hundred men, and of the Atheni ...
... in the rest the barbaroi put out to sea and, taking up from the island in which they had left them the Euboean slaves, they sailed. The barbaroi then sailed away later back to Asia. [6.117] In this battle at Marathon were killed, of the barbaroi about six thousand four hundred men, and of the Atheni ...
Pericles with the enemy. In the 4B0s a number
... By the middle of the Sth century Athens had become a radical democrac¡ in which sovereignt¡ or ultimate control over state affairs, rested with the masses. The Athenians, through the initiatives of reformers such as Kleisthenes, Ephialtes and Pericles, had transferred the bulk of their political dec ...
... By the middle of the Sth century Athens had become a radical democrac¡ in which sovereignt¡ or ultimate control over state affairs, rested with the masses. The Athenians, through the initiatives of reformers such as Kleisthenes, Ephialtes and Pericles, had transferred the bulk of their political dec ...
golden age - athens - Missouri State University
... 477 BC - Delian League Representatives from about 150 poleis met on the island of Delos, holy to Apollo, and forged an agreement. Athens, with the greatest fleet, led the alliance. Aims were twofold: • Defensive – to protect each other from Persia • Aggressive – to free Greek poleis still under Per ...
... 477 BC - Delian League Representatives from about 150 poleis met on the island of Delos, holy to Apollo, and forged an agreement. Athens, with the greatest fleet, led the alliance. Aims were twofold: • Defensive – to protect each other from Persia • Aggressive – to free Greek poleis still under Per ...
Periclean Athens - Daniel Aaron Lazar
... construction of temples and buildings; and yet it was this, more than any other action of his, which his enemies slandered and misrepresented. They cried out in the Assembly that Athens had lost its good name and disgraced itself by transferring from Delos into its own keeping the funds that had bee ...
... construction of temples and buildings; and yet it was this, more than any other action of his, which his enemies slandered and misrepresented. They cried out in the Assembly that Athens had lost its good name and disgraced itself by transferring from Delos into its own keeping the funds that had bee ...
Athens and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 508/7 BC
... There are different explanations of this Athenian diplomatic mission to Persia in the modern historiography. W.W. How and J. Wells (1912) explicitly stated: “The Athenians, presumably their assembly under its democratic leader, are the first to make advances to the Great King, and to invite his inte ...
... There are different explanations of this Athenian diplomatic mission to Persia in the modern historiography. W.W. How and J. Wells (1912) explicitly stated: “The Athenians, presumably their assembly under its democratic leader, are the first to make advances to the Great King, and to invite his inte ...
Relations between Athens and Sparta, 478 -440
... Athens and Sparta – packages of information 1. Impact of the Persian Wars: Prior to the Persian Wars Sparta had been the dominant power in Greece, and when the wars finished it expected to return to that status. However, the conflict had brought Athens to prominence as a naval power, and many stat ...
... Athens and Sparta – packages of information 1. Impact of the Persian Wars: Prior to the Persian Wars Sparta had been the dominant power in Greece, and when the wars finished it expected to return to that status. However, the conflict had brought Athens to prominence as a naval power, and many stat ...
Prep sheet for Civ I, First midterm exam
... II) Possible essay questions. I will select three of these five questions for the exam. You will have to answer one of them in a well-written, informative essay. 1) How important were the ancient Hebrews to religious understanding? Compare their ideas on religion with their predecessors and contempo ...
... II) Possible essay questions. I will select three of these five questions for the exam. You will have to answer one of them in a well-written, informative essay. 1) How important were the ancient Hebrews to religious understanding? Compare their ideas on religion with their predecessors and contempo ...