Military and political participation in archaic
... (Strauss 1986: 70-73 and Hunt 1998: 83-101 are useful on all this). Plus some of the 31,800 land troops may also have doubled up for naval campaigns (cf. Thucydides 3.16; 8.24, though admittedly these were special cases). As a conservative estimate, I’ll say that another 10,000-15,000 Athenians woul ...
... (Strauss 1986: 70-73 and Hunt 1998: 83-101 are useful on all this). Plus some of the 31,800 land troops may also have doubled up for naval campaigns (cf. Thucydides 3.16; 8.24, though admittedly these were special cases). As a conservative estimate, I’ll say that another 10,000-15,000 Athenians woul ...
Results of the Persian Wars
... • Initially neither side gained much advantage • Sparta, allies dominated land; Athens, allies dominated sea • Athenians avoided land battles; neither side won more than minor victories ...
... • Initially neither side gained much advantage • Sparta, allies dominated land; Athens, allies dominated sea • Athenians avoided land battles; neither side won more than minor victories ...
THE PERSIAN WARS
... o Athenian leader Themistocles prepared to defend Athens against another attack o When a silver mine was discovered near Athens, Themistocles convinced the people to use the silver to build a navy, rather than distributing the money to the citizens Built triremes = warships w/3 rows of oars on eac ...
... o Athenian leader Themistocles prepared to defend Athens against another attack o When a silver mine was discovered near Athens, Themistocles convinced the people to use the silver to build a navy, rather than distributing the money to the citizens Built triremes = warships w/3 rows of oars on eac ...
Lecture #2: Realism
... we trust that the gods may grant us fortune as good as yours, since we are just men fighting against unjust, and that what we want in power will be made up by the alliance of the Spartans, who are bound, if only for very shame, to come to the aid of their kindred. Our confidence, therefore, after al ...
... we trust that the gods may grant us fortune as good as yours, since we are just men fighting against unjust, and that what we want in power will be made up by the alliance of the Spartans, who are bound, if only for very shame, to come to the aid of their kindred. Our confidence, therefore, after al ...
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War
... exaggerate the importance of their themes, or of the prose chroniclers, who are less interested in telling the truth than in catching the attention of their public, whose authorities cannot be checked. . .” ...
... exaggerate the importance of their themes, or of the prose chroniclers, who are less interested in telling the truth than in catching the attention of their public, whose authorities cannot be checked. . .” ...
The+Persian+Wars!!!!!
... - 20 years later, Ionians revolted + asked other Greek polises for help. - Athenians +other polises sent a few warships. - after 5 yrs. of fighting- Persians won! ...
... - 20 years later, Ionians revolted + asked other Greek polises for help. - Athenians +other polises sent a few warships. - after 5 yrs. of fighting- Persians won! ...
The Persian Wars!!!!!
... - 20 years later, Ionians revolted + asked other Greek polises for help. - Athenians +other polises sent a few warships. - after 5 yrs. of fighting- Persians won! ...
... - 20 years later, Ionians revolted + asked other Greek polises for help. - Athenians +other polises sent a few warships. - after 5 yrs. of fighting- Persians won! ...
Athens - Bethlehem Catholic High School
... Non-citizen workers (usually foreigners, free) Helots (low class) Slaves • At one time, Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves ...
... Non-citizen workers (usually foreigners, free) Helots (low class) Slaves • At one time, Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves ...
Athens
... Non-citizen workers (usually foreigners, free) Helots (low class) Slaves • At one time, Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves ...
... Non-citizen workers (usually foreigners, free) Helots (low class) Slaves • At one time, Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves ...
Victory and Defeat in the Greek World ch5 sect 3
... Using the fleet he had urged them to build, the Athenians defeated the Persian fleet in the Straight of Salamis Athens defeated the Persians 1 year later Athens and Sparta defeated the Persian threat ...
... Using the fleet he had urged them to build, the Athenians defeated the Persian fleet in the Straight of Salamis Athens defeated the Persians 1 year later Athens and Sparta defeated the Persian threat ...
Democracy and Greece`s Golden Age
... breaking out into small pustules and ulcers….They succumbed, as in most cases, on the seventh or eighth day, to the internal inflammation…But if they passed this stage, and the disease descended further into the bowels, inducing a violent ulceration there accompanied by severe diarrhea, this brought ...
... breaking out into small pustules and ulcers….They succumbed, as in most cases, on the seventh or eighth day, to the internal inflammation…But if they passed this stage, and the disease descended further into the bowels, inducing a violent ulceration there accompanied by severe diarrhea, this brought ...
Athens and Sparta PPT
... such luxury only a few special days a year. They slept, in packs, on beds which they got together on their own, made from the tops of the rushes to be found by the river Eurotas. These they broke off with their bare hands, not using knives." ...
... such luxury only a few special days a year. They slept, in packs, on beds which they got together on their own, made from the tops of the rushes to be found by the river Eurotas. These they broke off with their bare hands, not using knives." ...
ATHENS-SPARTA - Lake Oswego High School: Home Page
... were tough and unused to baths and lotions. They enjoyed such luxury only a few special days a year. They slept, in packs, on beds which they got together on their own, made from the tops of the rushes to be found by the river Eurotas. These they broke off with their bare hands, not using knives." ...
... were tough and unused to baths and lotions. They enjoyed such luxury only a few special days a year. They slept, in packs, on beds which they got together on their own, made from the tops of the rushes to be found by the river Eurotas. These they broke off with their bare hands, not using knives." ...
Physical Features - Mountains, Hills, Valleys and Plains, Deserts
... 1. Decent ways of making a living included farming your own land or as a craftsman who was a stonemason, a potter or metal worker. 2. The idea of working for someone else was almost like slavery! 3. Even the state had no permanent workers apart from slave clerks. 4. If temples needed to built, the c ...
... 1. Decent ways of making a living included farming your own land or as a craftsman who was a stonemason, a potter or metal worker. 2. The idea of working for someone else was almost like slavery! 3. Even the state had no permanent workers apart from slave clerks. 4. If temples needed to built, the c ...
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... the mountains. The path allowed the Persians to surround the Greeks, attack them from the front and the rear. Leonidas knew he could only delay the attackers now. To save his army, he ordered most of his troops to escape. He prepared to fight with his remaining soldiers, including about 300 Spartans ...
... the mountains. The path allowed the Persians to surround the Greeks, attack them from the front and the rear. Leonidas knew he could only delay the attackers now. To save his army, he ordered most of his troops to escape. He prepared to fight with his remaining soldiers, including about 300 Spartans ...
War, Glory, and Decline 4 iv The Persian Wars
... Themistocles drew the Persian fleet into the strait of Salamis, a narrow body of water between Athens and Salamis, causing the heavy Persian ships to crowd together and be easy targets for the lighter Greek ships. ...
... Themistocles drew the Persian fleet into the strait of Salamis, a narrow body of water between Athens and Salamis, causing the heavy Persian ships to crowd together and be easy targets for the lighter Greek ships. ...
Oracle at Delphi
... • The Persians march through the pass and conquered Athens. • However, the Spartans gain the Greeks time to prepare. • The Athenian navy lures the Persian navy into a trap at Salamis. • Greek ships were smaller than the Persian’s ships. Easier to maneuver. • Xerxes leaves a powerful army in Greece, ...
... • The Persians march through the pass and conquered Athens. • However, the Spartans gain the Greeks time to prepare. • The Athenian navy lures the Persian navy into a trap at Salamis. • Greek ships were smaller than the Persian’s ships. Easier to maneuver. • Xerxes leaves a powerful army in Greece, ...
Greece from 479 – 404 BC
... – What general shift in power and allegiances occurred in Greece between 446 and 431? • Athens’ power peaked. • Sparta recovered and became alarmed with Athens’ power. • Other Greek poleis viewed Athens’ success with anxiety and looked to Sparta for help in opposing Athenian imperialistic tendencies ...
... – What general shift in power and allegiances occurred in Greece between 446 and 431? • Athens’ power peaked. • Sparta recovered and became alarmed with Athens’ power. • Other Greek poleis viewed Athens’ success with anxiety and looked to Sparta for help in opposing Athenian imperialistic tendencies ...
warring city-states
... What is a POLIS? A polis was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis, which controlled a surrounding territory of land. The term polis has, therefore, been translated ...
... What is a POLIS? A polis was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis, which controlled a surrounding territory of land. The term polis has, therefore, been translated ...
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... the place had failed, the Spartans began to wonder if they could trust the Athenians not to take the helot side and, retaining their other allies, sent Cimon and his men home. This insulting rebuff caused the immediate collapse of Cimon’s popularity at Athens: at the next opportunity an ostracism, o ...
... the place had failed, the Spartans began to wonder if they could trust the Athenians not to take the helot side and, retaining their other allies, sent Cimon and his men home. This insulting rebuff caused the immediate collapse of Cimon’s popularity at Athens: at the next opportunity an ostracism, o ...
DOC
... this each year, a Persian messenger visited Athens and Sparta to ask for some earth and water. This year the Athenians said no and treated the messenger badly. The Spartans did the same. Both cities agreed that when the Persians sought revenge, as they inevitably would, the two Greek cities would jo ...
... this each year, a Persian messenger visited Athens and Sparta to ask for some earth and water. This year the Athenians said no and treated the messenger badly. The Spartans did the same. Both cities agreed that when the Persians sought revenge, as they inevitably would, the two Greek cities would jo ...
Democracy Ancient and Modern
... The greatest war in the past was the Persian War; yet in this war the decision was reached quickly as a result of two naval battles and two battles on land. The Peloponnesian War, on the other hand, not only lasted for a long time, but throughout its course brought with it unprecedented suffering fo ...
... The greatest war in the past was the Persian War; yet in this war the decision was reached quickly as a result of two naval battles and two battles on land. The Peloponnesian War, on the other hand, not only lasted for a long time, but throughout its course brought with it unprecedented suffering fo ...
Greek Heritage Month Presentation
... • Seize power by force from aristocrats • Not necessarily bad • Cause: wealthy elite who made $$ from trade & industry joined with poor peasants in debt • Hired soldiers • Tyrant not always bad… • In some places led to development of democracy ...
... • Seize power by force from aristocrats • Not necessarily bad • Cause: wealthy elite who made $$ from trade & industry joined with poor peasants in debt • Hired soldiers • Tyrant not always bad… • In some places led to development of democracy ...
War, Glory, and Decline 4 iv The Persian Wars
... that Greece would be safe behind a wooden wall. ...
... that Greece would be safe behind a wooden wall. ...
The Early Greeks
... • c. 725 B.C. – Sparta conquers its neighbors, Messenia • the Messenians → helots • helot revolt – almost successful ...
... • c. 725 B.C. – Sparta conquers its neighbors, Messenia • the Messenians → helots • helot revolt – almost successful ...
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.