Through this we can represent Source 2.7, a statue on behalf of Leonidas, a renowned King of Sparta who lead the three hundred men. By looking at this source, it is evidently shown that a Spartan King was highly respected and perceived as true Spartan warriors. We can clearly say this through the statue being represented as not only the king but as many soldiers due to it not having a facial details or expressions. Therefore, the military role of a King was the main slot that had to be
Spartan Strengths and Weaknesses Sparta in its prime is known historically as one of the most powerful ancient military forces ever, rivaling that of both the massive civilizations of Alexander the Great’s Macedonia and Imperial Rome. Spartan society was built around the need to first and foremost form a powerful and efficient standing army. This is obvious in what we now know about Spartan society and culture, yet this single-mindedness could be seen as both the greatest strength and greatest weakness of the Spartans. Sparta turned itself into one of the most feared war machines in the entire ancient world, through a strict culture and society that ensured the citizens were the best possible soldiers they could have, yet this seemed to backfire
Athens is known for their art, intellect and political influence in the western world. Spartans only valuable contribution was their military strategies. Athens and Sparta both had social classes but Sparta had a simpler social structure. The social structure of Athens consisted of numerous social classes. All free Athenian born males were citizens.
This law shows the flaw of Athens and its democracy based government because it infringed on the freedom of speech that most democracies have. The Assembly was made up of all men that were eligible to serve on the council. The Life in Athens may have been sophisticated and nimble. This made Athens a target to other countries since they thought that Athens was a week country. If Athens had more of a military based government then they wouldn’t have been attacked as many of times and maybe never lost their power in Ancient
WHAP P.E.R.S.I.A.N. CHART Political: Pericles was the most popular Athenian leader. Under his leadership Athens became more sophisticated. Pericles even boasted that Athens was the “Education of Greece”. Population growth and economic development caused political and social strain but the Athens relived tensions by establishing a government based on democratic principles.
In Ancient Greece There Was two Major forms of Goverment Obligarchy and Democracy. The city States that best represented each goverment were the Spartans Who Were The Obligarchy goverment and the Athens Who Were The Democracy Goverment. The Athens goverment was fair and Advanced for its time. It did not Meet The needs Of Greeks during the time of military battles. Athens decided to worry more about culture.
Although conversely, the very dissimilar landscape between the two swayed their political growth. The mountainous terrain and numerous islands that make up Greece made it difficult for city-states to interact with each other, which resulted in each city-state growing individually. The ruling class of every city-state was against forming any kind of monarchy and defended their independence. Rome was very flat in comparison to the Greek terrain with mountains on the east side and what is now the Tyrrhenian Sea off to the west, which caused Rome to grow to become one huge city-state. Rome dealt with immigrants and intruders from the north and south.
Democracy Was the Main Cause of Athens’ Fall: Agree or Disagree Insert Name Insert School Insert Class When Athens fell in the year 404 B.C., it was common for the people of the world to attribute its failure to the might of the Peloponnesian League or the failures of specific generals or warriors. However, using the power of retrospect and firsthand accounts, many have questioned whether the fall of Athens can be largely attributed to its democratic system. Democracy was the pride of Athens, a system in which all of its citizens held equal rights and voted on every issue, but as history has often demonstrated, pride comes before the fall. Was democracy the main cause of Athens’ fall? To answer this question, one must look closely at the people that made up the mighty power that was Athens.
From 330 to 200 B.C.E. numerous Hellenistic cities were established. Yet the creation of these cities posed a serious political problem that the Hellenistic kings failed to solve. To the Greeks civilized life was unthinkable without polis, which was far more than a mere city. The Greek polis simply meant that it was an independent state run by its citizens and free of outside interference.
Despite his keen intelligence, he allowed himself to come under the influence of unscrupulous men who, as much as any actions of his own, ensured that Tiberius's posthumous reputation would be unfavourable; despite his vast military experience, he oversaw the conquest of no new region for the empire; and despite his administrative abilities he showed such reluctance in running the state as to retire entirely from Rome and live out his last years in isolation on the island of Capri. His reign represents, as it were, the adolescence of the Principate as an institution. Like any adolescence, it proved a difficult time.