The truce was broken by the Athenians only ten years after it was signed because the empire looked to expand. In 433 BC Athens allied with Corcyra, who was a colony of Corinth, who was an ally of Sparta. This event is the main event that started the war in 431. Athens was accused of assault and Sparta threatened with war. Under Pericles leadership, Athens refused to back down and this war started.
With reference to available written sources, discuss the possibility of the Trojan War occurring. Relate to the issues of usefulness and reliability. The likelihood of the Trojan War is an issue often debated and discussed by historians and scholars. Written sources such as Homer's Iliad, Linear B, the Hittite Archive, and accounts written by Thucydides and Herodotus present evidence to historians that suggest that the war did occur. However, these different texts provide historians with a range of accounts that challenges the various evidence in presenting a singular, reliable account of the Trojan War, but they are useful in presenting the idea that war did take place.
Although the Romans would rule more land, no one man has ever conquered such a vast territory in as short period of time as Alexander III or Alexander the Great. Before his death at the age of 32 he had ruled over most of the known world. Alexander did more than just win on the battlefield. Taught in the classic traditions of Greece, he brought an enlightened form of leadership to the regions he conquered. Had he lived his empire might have been a truly magnificent one and changed the course of history.
There is some question as to whether she is the most beautiful woman of all time. Her beauty is very important because it inspired the Trojan War that killed untold thousands of souls. Furthermore her story is the centerpiece of the Greek myth. The exploits of the heroes and heroines of the Trojan War form the substance of the Greek stories that Greek religion was based upon for hundreds of years later. Many men were brought in boats over the great gulf of the sea to Troy for the sake of fair-haired Helen.
Why War was so fundamental to Social and Political Organization in Ancient Rome during the Republic Era? The ancient worlds were constantly characterized by wars. Many factors were the cause of these wars, although many countries avoided conflict unless it was necessary. A good example is the ancient Rome during the republic era. Those in authority during this time avoided war at all costs.
The victor would have control over the entire Mediterranean Sea and all of the trade routes bringing land, pride, wealth, and dominance over the victors enemies. Hannibal took a 1,000 mile trek from New Carthage, Spain, through the Alps, Northern Italy, and finally to Carthage. Hannibal won most of his battles with Rome, but never got the reinforcement he needed to over take Rome. The men that he had with him at the time were renowned for their loyalty to Hannibal and unconventional fighting tactics. Their Gorilla type war fair or wars of delaying almost saw the defeat of Rome but Rome finally assimilated these new tactics and used them against Hannibal, the man who had taught them to
The Persian Wars was an 11-year skirmish between the Greeks and Persians. In the period 480 to 479BC, the 2nd invasion of Greece by the Persians, the Persians where defeated by the Greeks in seemingly impossible odds. One single factory cannot be held accountable for the Greeks’ victory, but rather an amalgamation of factors. These factors include unity and communication, morale, leadership, strategy, warfare, and geographical knowledge. Each factor played a definitive role in the various battles, ensuring the Greek’s ultimate success.
The statues were found in early 1970’s in a dark cavern in Xian, located in Shangxi province (Capek, 2008). Radiocarbon dating ascertains that the sculptures date back to the third century. The idea of recreating a whole army is incredible in the sense that no one remotely had thought of such an idea before. At first, the finding was kept in secret from the rest of the world, but it quickly turned out that archaeologists had run into a discovery that they claimed to be the most significant one in the history of sculpture (Man, 2008). This find caused fascination all over the world, since it was the only exact copy of a life-sized army created by humanity.
Whether the Trojan War is legend or history is actively debated amongst historians. To prove there was a Trojan War, one must first prove that the city of Troy actually existed. The literary evidence of Homer’s Iliad, the ancient names assigned to Troy, the archeological evidence and the evidence of eminent archeologists all seem to support the existence of a city similar geographically and historically with Troy, while the discovery of weapons lends support to the theory that a war did take place within the city of Troy. Homer’s Iliad, one of the earliest written sources of ancient Troy, is the basis upon which the myth of the Trojan War has been built. This epic poem, written in 700 BC, (five hundred years after the war) is a compilation of the oral histories passed from one generation to another.
Also, the Games were an attractive means of getting men fit. Another factor in the traditional Greek view was that the gods championed a winner, so by creating a competition aimed at producing supreme winners, they declare the power and influence on humans of the highest god, Zeus. No women were allowed to watch or participate in the games and only Greek nationals could participate. One of the ancient wonders was a statue of Zeus at Olympia, made of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor Pheidias. This was placed inside a Temple, although it was a towering 42 feet high.