ANCIENT HISTORY WACE Sample Examination 2016
... the Chalcidians to swear an oath not to revolt … in word or deed, nor obey anyone who does revolt and to defend the Athenian people from any revolters, cases involving exile, execution or loss of civic rights were to be heard by a court in Athens • Coinage Decree or Standards Decree, the date is hig ...
... the Chalcidians to swear an oath not to revolt … in word or deed, nor obey anyone who does revolt and to defend the Athenian people from any revolters, cases involving exile, execution or loss of civic rights were to be heard by a court in Athens • Coinage Decree or Standards Decree, the date is hig ...
Thucydides and the invention of political science
... have endorsed the life plan described as “best” by Herodotus’ Solon. While granting that few men, if any, would ever achieve Tellus’ level of happiness, they would have seen nothing in their communities that would have made living such a life an unreasonable aspiration. In this sense, we may say tha ...
... have endorsed the life plan described as “best” by Herodotus’ Solon. While granting that few men, if any, would ever achieve Tellus’ level of happiness, they would have seen nothing in their communities that would have made living such a life an unreasonable aspiration. In this sense, we may say tha ...
Kairos: a cultural history of time in the Greek polis
... observing and interpreting signs that indicate a kairos was the foundation of Greek approaches to time. In chapter 2, I turn from the year and the calendar to the human lifespan and social age. Athens and Sparta both used the ages of male citizens to determine their liability for military service an ...
... observing and interpreting signs that indicate a kairos was the foundation of Greek approaches to time. In chapter 2, I turn from the year and the calendar to the human lifespan and social age. Athens and Sparta both used the ages of male citizens to determine their liability for military service an ...
PERICLES
... However, Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War provides some idea of Pericles' power as an orator. •The Funeral Oration that he has Pericles deliver in honour of the dead during the first year of the Peloponnesian War is especially noble: •"Of all cities Athens alone is even greater tha ...
... However, Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War provides some idea of Pericles' power as an orator. •The Funeral Oration that he has Pericles deliver in honour of the dead during the first year of the Peloponnesian War is especially noble: •"Of all cities Athens alone is even greater tha ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... War of this sort began to require a higher degree of professionalism and military specialization, and with the general lack of pitched battles, more skillful military leaders branched out by developing more complicated tactics and relying at times on special operations. This type of warfare was mor ...
... War of this sort began to require a higher degree of professionalism and military specialization, and with the general lack of pitched battles, more skillful military leaders branched out by developing more complicated tactics and relying at times on special operations. This type of warfare was mor ...
some athenian armor tokens - The American School of Classical
... now assume that they were also employedin the distribution of government-issue equipment. This is, in fact, independentlysuggested by an earlier Agora find of a group of four such tokens. The find (Agora deposit A 18: 8) consists primarily of a hoard of ninety-two bronze and two silver coins buried ...
... now assume that they were also employedin the distribution of government-issue equipment. This is, in fact, independentlysuggested by an earlier Agora find of a group of four such tokens. The find (Agora deposit A 18: 8) consists primarily of a hoard of ninety-two bronze and two silver coins buried ...
The Early Development of the Polis: Boundaries, Balance, and
... meaning “bark” (i.e., the bark on a tree). All these words once meant the same thing at the most general level, i.e., “covering”. Over time, the older words have taken on more specific meanings. The first communal structure was based on the oikos or “household system” which encompassed not only the ...
... meaning “bark” (i.e., the bark on a tree). All these words once meant the same thing at the most general level, i.e., “covering”. Over time, the older words have taken on more specific meanings. The first communal structure was based on the oikos or “household system” which encompassed not only the ...
CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCRATES IN THE
... Athens was even then, however, sliding toward war with Sparta on a scale that would involve all of Greece over the next three decades. Two of Plato's longer dia‐ logues are set loosely throughout the war. [431‐404 Republic, Gorgias] Both Socra‐ tes and Alcibiades were posted that summe ...
... Athens was even then, however, sliding toward war with Sparta on a scale that would involve all of Greece over the next three decades. Two of Plato's longer dia‐ logues are set loosely throughout the war. [431‐404 Republic, Gorgias] Both Socra‐ tes and Alcibiades were posted that summe ...
Alcibiades Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304
... Mantineia,7 the alliance was defeated by Sparta and Alcibiades narrowly escaped being ostracized.8 Another thing Alcibiades pushed was the Sicilian Expedition, Alcibiades advocated full support for Egesta and Nicias argued with equal passion against involvement in Sicily, the Athenians would comprom ...
... Mantineia,7 the alliance was defeated by Sparta and Alcibiades narrowly escaped being ostracized.8 Another thing Alcibiades pushed was the Sicilian Expedition, Alcibiades advocated full support for Egesta and Nicias argued with equal passion against involvement in Sicily, the Athenians would comprom ...
Pericles and the challenge of democratic leadership (book
... The name of Pericles conjures up the spirit of classical Athenian democracy; but it also reminds us of the beginning of the great Peloponnesian War that resulted in the demise of Athens. These two facets – the sophistication of the Athenian demos and the destruction brought about by a ruthless, prol ...
... The name of Pericles conjures up the spirit of classical Athenian democracy; but it also reminds us of the beginning of the great Peloponnesian War that resulted in the demise of Athens. These two facets – the sophistication of the Athenian demos and the destruction brought about by a ruthless, prol ...
the failure of Athenian democracy and the reign of the Thirty Tyrants
... added benefit as an eyewitness account to the events. He was presumably living in Athens at the time of her defeat and surrender to Sparta, and the resulting institution of the Thirty. His status as a well-to-do citizen and cavalryman naturally would have placed him within the ranks of the Thirty’s ...
... added benefit as an eyewitness account to the events. He was presumably living in Athens at the time of her defeat and surrender to Sparta, and the resulting institution of the Thirty. His status as a well-to-do citizen and cavalryman naturally would have placed him within the ranks of the Thirty’s ...
Apodexis Historia - University of Alberta
... …the Lacedaemonians and the Athenians had the pre-eminence, the first of the Dorian and the others of the Ionian tribe. For these were the most eminent tribes in ancient time, the second being a Pelasgian and the first a Hellenic tribe: and the one never migrated from its place in any direction, whi ...
... …the Lacedaemonians and the Athenians had the pre-eminence, the first of the Dorian and the others of the Ionian tribe. For these were the most eminent tribes in ancient time, the second being a Pelasgian and the first a Hellenic tribe: and the one never migrated from its place in any direction, whi ...
20th Year of Artaxerxes - Bible Student Chronology
... (479 B.C.), leaving his general Mardonius to finish the war. Mardonius was defeated at Platea by the Grecian army under the command of the Spartan Pausanias (479 B.C.), and on the same day the remainder of the Persian fleet was destroyed at Mycale. 839 The Persians still held many places on the Thr ...
... (479 B.C.), leaving his general Mardonius to finish the war. Mardonius was defeated at Platea by the Grecian army under the command of the Spartan Pausanias (479 B.C.), and on the same day the remainder of the Persian fleet was destroyed at Mycale. 839 The Persians still held many places on the Thr ...
THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THE MAIN GOALS OF
... Greeks, but almost all the Ionian Greeks. Second important aspect was the rule in polis, which wasn’t in the hands of an autocratic monarch or a small group of privileged individuals, but in the hands of the Athenian δῆμος (demos – “the people” ‒ meaning adult male citizens). The system of governmen ...
... Greeks, but almost all the Ionian Greeks. Second important aspect was the rule in polis, which wasn’t in the hands of an autocratic monarch or a small group of privileged individuals, but in the hands of the Athenian δῆμος (demos – “the people” ‒ meaning adult male citizens). The system of governmen ...
THE SO-CALLED DEFENSIVE POLICY OF PERICLES
... the Athenian involvement in Acarnania which are recounted at greater length.l2 However, within the brief survey of the Archidamian War during Pericles' lifetime13 there are sufficient indications of aggressive warfare to raise doubts as to the validity of a so-called defensive policy. Since sea-born ...
... the Athenian involvement in Acarnania which are recounted at greater length.l2 However, within the brief survey of the Archidamian War during Pericles' lifetime13 there are sufficient indications of aggressive warfare to raise doubts as to the validity of a so-called defensive policy. Since sea-born ...
POWER AND PRETEXT: THE STATUS OF JUSTICE IN THUCYDIDES
... were entitled to their possessions. They remind the Greeks that they helped save Greece from the Persians, especially at the Battle of Marathon and in numerous naval victories (1.73.4). This is used to justify their empire. Their past actions do not merit their unpopularity among the Greeks. At one ...
... were entitled to their possessions. They remind the Greeks that they helped save Greece from the Persians, especially at the Battle of Marathon and in numerous naval victories (1.73.4). This is used to justify their empire. Their past actions do not merit their unpopularity among the Greeks. At one ...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall - University of Macau Library
... seductive. These volumes were not only written, but actually in the hands of the publisher before the appearance, and even, I believe, before the announcement of the first volume of Mr. Thirlwall's History of Greece, or I might have declined going over any portion of the ground cultivated by that di ...
... seductive. These volumes were not only written, but actually in the hands of the publisher before the appearance, and even, I believe, before the announcement of the first volume of Mr. Thirlwall's History of Greece, or I might have declined going over any portion of the ground cultivated by that di ...
Rood 2009 - Sites@Duke
... land, we thought fit to leave the city, destroy our property.. .and run the risk of going on board our ships.(1.73.4, 74.2) The Athenian ambassadors' story is part of 'the Athenian history of Athens'-the succession of noble deeds that was narrated regularly, and in similar terms, on occasions such a ...
... land, we thought fit to leave the city, destroy our property.. .and run the risk of going on board our ships.(1.73.4, 74.2) The Athenian ambassadors' story is part of 'the Athenian history of Athens'-the succession of noble deeds that was narrated regularly, and in similar terms, on occasions such a ...
CORINTH
... ProtoCorinthian style: mostly miniatures, first to be decorated by blackfigure painting style (silhouettes drawn in black and filled with incised details) Primary motifs are similar to the Middle East: animals in procession and humans, sometimes from myths The Corinth order is a type of co ...
... ProtoCorinthian style: mostly miniatures, first to be decorated by blackfigure painting style (silhouettes drawn in black and filled with incised details) Primary motifs are similar to the Middle East: animals in procession and humans, sometimes from myths The Corinth order is a type of co ...
Determining the Significance of Alliance
... ‘dragged into a conflict over an ally’s interests that one does not share, or shares only partially’ (Snyder 1984, 467). Entrapment takes place when allies wish to maintain the security of the alliance more than they are willing to allow the destruction of their ally. An ally will choose abandonment ...
... ‘dragged into a conflict over an ally’s interests that one does not share, or shares only partially’ (Snyder 1984, 467). Entrapment takes place when allies wish to maintain the security of the alliance more than they are willing to allow the destruction of their ally. An ally will choose abandonment ...
reading the rise of pisistratus: herodotus
... anny and a series of conventional deceptions. He takes advantage of the stasis to perpetrate his first conventional deception and achieve his first tyranny - pretending that his enemies have wounded him, asking for bodyguards, and then seizing the acropolis with them. He is driven out by the coaliti ...
... anny and a series of conventional deceptions. He takes advantage of the stasis to perpetrate his first conventional deception and achieve his first tyranny - pretending that his enemies have wounded him, asking for bodyguards, and then seizing the acropolis with them. He is driven out by the coaliti ...
Strategy and Changing Moods in Thucydides
... in single combat but without the funds for a longer war. The Athenian fleet is a permanent or insuperable advantage, because it would take generations for Sparta to achieve the skill that Athens has been developing since even before the Persian invasion. Yet this objective asymmetry – between the fo ...
... in single combat but without the funds for a longer war. The Athenian fleet is a permanent or insuperable advantage, because it would take generations for Sparta to achieve the skill that Athens has been developing since even before the Persian invasion. Yet this objective asymmetry – between the fo ...
DETERMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALLIANCE PATHOLOGIES
... ‘dragged into a conflict over an ally’s interests that one does not share, or shares only partially’ (Snyder 1984, 467). Entrapment takes place when allies wish to maintain the security of the alliance more than they are willing to allow the destruction of their ally. An ally will choose abandonment ...
... ‘dragged into a conflict over an ally’s interests that one does not share, or shares only partially’ (Snyder 1984, 467). Entrapment takes place when allies wish to maintain the security of the alliance more than they are willing to allow the destruction of their ally. An ally will choose abandonment ...
POLITICS AND POLICY IN CORINTH 421
... Corinth after this time, even during the upheavals of the fourtn century. ...
... Corinth after this time, even during the upheavals of the fourtn century. ...
mosaics of grecian history
... who have no special devotion to Grecian history wish to study its main outlines in something higher than a mere school-book. To such readers we should certainly recommend Thirlwall rather than Grote. The comparative brevity, the greater clearness and terseness of the narrative, the freedom from div ...
... who have no special devotion to Grecian history wish to study its main outlines in something higher than a mere school-book. To such readers we should certainly recommend Thirlwall rather than Grote. The comparative brevity, the greater clearness and terseness of the narrative, the freedom from div ...
Spartan army
The Spartan army stood at the centre of the Spartan state, whose male and female citizens were trained in the discipline and honor of the warrior society. Subject to military drill from early manhood, the Spartans were one of the most feared military forces in the Greek world. At the height of Sparta's power – between the 6th and 4th centuries BC – it was commonly accepted that, ""one Spartan was worth several men of any other state."" According to Thucydides, the famous moment of Spartan surrender at the island of Sphacteria off of Pylos was highly unexpected. He said that ""it was the common perception at the time that Spartans would never lay down their weapons for any reason, be it hunger, or danger.""The iconic army was first coined by the Spartan legislator Lycurgus. In his famous quote of Sparta having a ""wall of men, instead of bricks"", he proposed to create a military-focused lifestyle reformation in the Spartan society in accordance to proper virtues such as equality for the male citizens, austerity, strength, and fitness. A Spartan man's involvement with the army began in infancy when he was inspected by the Gerousia. If the baby was found to be weak or deformed he was left at Mount Taygetus to die, since the world of the Spartans was no place for those who could not already fend for themselves. It should be noted, however, that the practice of discarding children at birth took place in Athens as well. Those deemed strong were then put in the agoge at the age of seven. Under the agoge the young boys or Spartiates were kept under intense and rigorous military training. Their education focused primarily on cunning, sports and war tactics, but also included poetry, music, academics, and sometimes politics. Those who passed the agoge by the age of 30 were given full Spartan citizenship.The term ""spartan"" became synonymous with multiple meanings such as: fearlessness, harsh and cruel life, bland and lacking creativity, or simplicity by design.