Sparta - Hoplite Association
... bitterly hated their masters. Only the amazing organization and fighting powers of the Spartan state kept them under control. Another strange feature of Sparta was its government, which was headed by two kings who ruled jointly. They served as high priests and as leaders in war. Each king acted as a ...
... bitterly hated their masters. Only the amazing organization and fighting powers of the Spartan state kept them under control. Another strange feature of Sparta was its government, which was headed by two kings who ruled jointly. They served as high priests and as leaders in war. Each king acted as a ...
City States: 1 - Hoplite Association
... times came to have greater power. The legislative power was vested in the assembly of Spartan citizens and in a senate, or council, of 30 elders consisting of the two kings and 28 other men chosen from the citizens who had passed the age of 60. ...
... times came to have greater power. The legislative power was vested in the assembly of Spartan citizens and in a senate, or council, of 30 elders consisting of the two kings and 28 other men chosen from the citizens who had passed the age of 60. ...
Athens v. Sparta
... Men married at the age of 20 but still had to live in the barracks Helots worked all their lives as Spartan slaves. Did not value education in arts or philosophy. ...
... Men married at the age of 20 but still had to live in the barracks Helots worked all their lives as Spartan slaves. Did not value education in arts or philosophy. ...
The Spartan Hegemony
... The new policy was to fund the weaker side and keep them fighting in a manner that served Persian interests His heir Artaxerxes II successfully continued this policy. His charismatic younger son Cyrus, funded Lysander to defeat Athens , and then revolted against his brother king Artaxerxes with help ...
... The new policy was to fund the weaker side and keep them fighting in a manner that served Persian interests His heir Artaxerxes II successfully continued this policy. His charismatic younger son Cyrus, funded Lysander to defeat Athens , and then revolted against his brother king Artaxerxes with help ...
Athens and Sparta PPT
... "They learned reading and writing for basic needs, but all the rest of their education was to make them well-disciplined and steadfast in hardship and victorious in battle. For this reason, as boys grew older, the Spartans intensified their training, cutting their hair short and making them used to ...
... "They learned reading and writing for basic needs, but all the rest of their education was to make them well-disciplined and steadfast in hardship and victorious in battle. For this reason, as boys grew older, the Spartans intensified their training, cutting their hair short and making them used to ...
Archidamian War
... sea against Sparta's coastal allies, it could create great tensions within the Spartan alliance. So, the Athenian position was better than that of their enemies, and it comes as no surprise that the Spartans immediately asked for help in Persia. This is only recorded by Diodorus, who mentions that t ...
... sea against Sparta's coastal allies, it could create great tensions within the Spartan alliance. So, the Athenian position was better than that of their enemies, and it comes as no surprise that the Spartans immediately asked for help in Persia. This is only recorded by Diodorus, who mentions that t ...
File - Ms. Hughes` History
... hero Hercules. It was also the place where the Sphinx - a mythical creature with a woman’s head and a winged lion’s body - appeared to terrorize the area until her riddle was solved. Her riddle asked passersby to identify the creature that may have two, three, or four feet, can move in air, water, a ...
... hero Hercules. It was also the place where the Sphinx - a mythical creature with a woman’s head and a winged lion’s body - appeared to terrorize the area until her riddle was solved. Her riddle asked passersby to identify the creature that may have two, three, or four feet, can move in air, water, a ...
DBQ Sparta (Without Question)
... Historical Background: Influenced by the civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, Minoan civilization developed in numerous city-states on the Greek mainland. Although mountains separated Greek communities from one another, this land of islands and jagged coastlines had a common focus—the sea. Greek ...
... Historical Background: Influenced by the civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, Minoan civilization developed in numerous city-states on the Greek mainland. Although mountains separated Greek communities from one another, this land of islands and jagged coastlines had a common focus—the sea. Greek ...
Sparta vs. Athens - Franklin County Public Schools
... come to them and they would fight from behind their city walls This may have worked but a terrible plague infected the city and killed Pericles and many others Peace was made in 421 BC ...
... come to them and they would fight from behind their city walls This may have worked but a terrible plague infected the city and killed Pericles and many others Peace was made in 421 BC ...
300 The film “300” is a great, exciting movie with lots of action. This
... movie, the boys of Sparta began training from the age of 7. Formal military service would begin at the age of twenty…Training and drills were at least as brutal as combat situations. Sparta was very much a warrior society.” (Farrokh 1) In the beginning of this film it depicts Leonidas as a child, a ...
... movie, the boys of Sparta began training from the age of 7. Formal military service would begin at the age of twenty…Training and drills were at least as brutal as combat situations. Sparta was very much a warrior society.” (Farrokh 1) In the beginning of this film it depicts Leonidas as a child, a ...
Ancient Greece Part 4
... jump, and fight, but this training was not as harsh or as long as the training in Sparta. Unlike Spartans, they also learned to read, write, and count as well as to sing and play musical instruments. They learned about Greek history, legend, and ...
... jump, and fight, but this training was not as harsh or as long as the training in Sparta. Unlike Spartans, they also learned to read, write, and count as well as to sing and play musical instruments. They learned about Greek history, legend, and ...
Sparta and Athens
... for food. As he prepared to kill, dress and eat it, a pair of Spartan soldiers approached. It was a crime for a Spartan boy in training to consume food beyond his meager rations, so he hid the fox under his shirt. When the soldiers confronted him, he refused to admit what he’d done, and instead, wit ...
... for food. As he prepared to kill, dress and eat it, a pair of Spartan soldiers approached. It was a crime for a Spartan boy in training to consume food beyond his meager rations, so he hid the fox under his shirt. When the soldiers confronted him, he refused to admit what he’d done, and instead, wit ...
Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War and Spartan Supremacy
... Speech written for the Athenian citizen Manistheus under the restored democracy, between 394 and 389 BCE “When the Thirty, by the evil arts of slander-mongers, were established in the government, and declared that the city must be purged of unjust men and the rest of the citizens inclined to virtue ...
... Speech written for the Athenian citizen Manistheus under the restored democracy, between 394 and 389 BCE “When the Thirty, by the evil arts of slander-mongers, were established in the government, and declared that the city must be purged of unjust men and the rest of the citizens inclined to virtue ...
Ancient Greece Reflective Essay
... Theban army. The Sacred Line of Thebes was a military unit of 150 homosexual couples, 300 soldiers in total. The Sacred Line was effective in the battles against the Spartans, Pelopidas led the Sacred Line in combat against the Spartans twice in the open and the Thebans defeated the Spartans on both ...
... Theban army. The Sacred Line of Thebes was a military unit of 150 homosexual couples, 300 soldiers in total. The Sacred Line was effective in the battles against the Spartans, Pelopidas led the Sacred Line in combat against the Spartans twice in the open and the Thebans defeated the Spartans on both ...
File
... Council of Elders – 2 Kings and 28 Citizens over the age of 60 Made decisions about the laws that would be voted on by the male assembly. The assembly would vote, not discuss or debate an issue. ...
... Council of Elders – 2 Kings and 28 Citizens over the age of 60 Made decisions about the laws that would be voted on by the male assembly. The assembly would vote, not discuss or debate an issue. ...
Sparta
... The reality, of course, lives somewhere beyond these value judgments. Greek history does, after all, come down to us through the eyes of the other major city-state in Greece, Athens, a better enemy and arrival of Sparta. The two represent diametrically (completely) oppose concepts of the Greek polis ...
... The reality, of course, lives somewhere beyond these value judgments. Greek history does, after all, come down to us through the eyes of the other major city-state in Greece, Athens, a better enemy and arrival of Sparta. The two represent diametrically (completely) oppose concepts of the Greek polis ...
My World History Chapter 10 – Ancient Greece: Secti
... him. Ephors only served for one year and could not hold the position again. helots – These state-owned slaves came primarily from two conquered areas near Sparta—Laconia and Messenia. These slaves were not owned by individuals, but worked the land and did other labor for the entire city-state. Any S ...
... him. Ephors only served for one year and could not hold the position again. helots – These state-owned slaves came primarily from two conquered areas near Sparta—Laconia and Messenia. These slaves were not owned by individuals, but worked the land and did other labor for the entire city-state. Any S ...
Spartan and Athenian Government
... For all practical purposes, Spartan government was the ephorate, for these five men led the council, ran the military, ran the educational system, ran the infant selection system, and had veto power over everything coming out of the council or the assembly. ...
... For all practical purposes, Spartan government was the ephorate, for these five men led the council, ran the military, ran the educational system, ran the infant selection system, and had veto power over everything coming out of the council or the assembly. ...
Polis - By the Bellamy River
... • Boys sent to military camps at age 7 trained to be soldiers. • Men married at 20 and lived in military Barracks. Could retire from army at age 60. • Women had more freedom than other Greeks. Could mix freely with men and attend sporting events. ...
... • Boys sent to military camps at age 7 trained to be soldiers. • Men married at 20 and lived in military Barracks. Could retire from army at age 60. • Women had more freedom than other Greeks. Could mix freely with men and attend sporting events. ...
Chapter 4 Section 2 Cont.
... Had more freedom and power in Spartan homes than other parts of Greece because of the separation from their husbands. Expected to remain fit to bear and raise healthy children. Encouraged bravery and “the Spartan way” • Be victorious or die bravely (retreat is not an option.) ...
... Had more freedom and power in Spartan homes than other parts of Greece because of the separation from their husbands. Expected to remain fit to bear and raise healthy children. Encouraged bravery and “the Spartan way” • Be victorious or die bravely (retreat is not an option.) ...
Arete, Spartan Style
... replied, “No; by heaven, hut good luck; for I bore him that he might die for Sparta and this is the very thing that has come to pass for me.’’ (Quotations from Plutarch) We can ponder whether mothers were really this anxious for their sons to die in battle. As Sappho wrote: Death is our evil. The go ...
... replied, “No; by heaven, hut good luck; for I bore him that he might die for Sparta and this is the very thing that has come to pass for me.’’ (Quotations from Plutarch) We can ponder whether mothers were really this anxious for their sons to die in battle. As Sappho wrote: Death is our evil. The go ...
Look at the Advantages and Disadvantage of the Athens
... where left to die, the boys where taken away from their families to train to be warriors and the married soldiers had to abandon their families. I would not like to obey these rules because all the Spartan leaders wanted were a strong military and no freedom for the citizen’s. The infants that are w ...
... where left to die, the boys where taken away from their families to train to be warriors and the married soldiers had to abandon their families. I would not like to obey these rules because all the Spartan leaders wanted were a strong military and no freedom for the citizen’s. The infants that are w ...
Peloponnesian War
... Great general and strategist His tactic: Echelon Formation o Leading side loaded with best troops o Very deep formation o Allowed him to break the unbreakable o Spartan hoplite line crumbled ...
... Great general and strategist His tactic: Echelon Formation o Leading side loaded with best troops o Very deep formation o Allowed him to break the unbreakable o Spartan hoplite line crumbled ...
Sacred Band of Thebes
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερὸς Λόχος, Hieròs Lókhos) was a troop of picked soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. It is said to have been organized by the Theban commander Gorgidas in 378 BC and to have played a crucial role in the Battle of Leuctra. It was annihilated by Philip II of Macedon in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.