A Spartan king was expected to fulfil many roles and ensure that Spartan continual welfare and survival were under control. Both of the kings were members of the gerousia, a chief priest, and commander –in-chief of the army and judge and lawgiver. One of the major roles the kings were apart of was the political duties, as citizens of Sparta kings were eligible to participate in the political issues of Sparta. Since they were members of the gerousia they were allowed to take part in debates this means that they could initiate both laws and policies in Sparta, but with this came the restriction of not having more power than the 28 member of the assembly itself. According to the ancient historian Herodotus , the kings had political privileges as he says , ‘’they shall sit with the twenty-eight gerontes in the council, but if they do not attend,
How were the Spartans putting conservative politics into action in their life within Sparta in the 370s before Leuctra? To what degree is Xenophon’s view a fair one? The Spartans were putting conservatism politics into action in their daily lives by continuing to follow the laws Lycurgus had laid out for them centuries before. Some such laws are the role of women, the role of sex, and the role of equality described in Xenophon’s ‘Constitution of Lacedaimonians’, written around the 370’s. However Xenophon’s view is not a totally fair one, considering his past military experiences with Spartans, as well as the fact that he was not a Spartan citizen and therefore only knew the official laws laid out to him.
Throughout this process of change, Athens held a grip on the moral validity of its actions, due to the aims and practices, especially the oath, of the Delian League. This enabled it to enforce its rule on the other members and use the League for its own purposes, and thus turn the Delian League into an Athenian empire. NOTE that because Thuc thought these were significant, then they probably were! The first of Thucyides’ paradigms is the siege and capture of Eion in 476-75BC. The League’s actions here removed a potentially dangerous base for the Persians.
However, not all citizens were allowed to vote; only men, who were Patricians or Plebeians, could vote. Women and slaves did not ever have the right to vote, or hold a seat in the Senate. This system worked well until around 48 BCE when Julius Caesar became the first Emperor of Rome in over four hundred years. He, and the Emperors following, did not completely follow the “Dictatorship” way of governing. Some Emperors followed the Senate’s advice and laws set.
The Cosmological argument What are the significant features of the cosmological argument for the existence of God? (21) The cosmological argument is a classical theistic argument for the existence of God. It is one of the world’s oldest arguments. Many different philosophers have taken it upon themselves to try and solve the cosmological argument, so there are many different ideas of what God is, or if there is even a God at all. St. Thomas Aquinas is probably one of the most well-known philosophers of the cosmological argument as he came up with five steps that explained why there must be a “creator” and did not just state that there was one.
11/17/14 Masterpieces of Western Literature The Tragic Hero of Antigone In Sophocles' Antigone, the question of who the tragic hero actually is has been the subject of a debate for years. It is unlikely for there to be two tragic characters in a Greek tragedy, and there can be only one in the play Antigone. The king Creon possesses some of the qualities that constitute a tragic character, but does not have all of the necessary traits. Antigone, however, contains all of the aspects that are required for her to be the main character. According to Aristotle's Poetics, there are four major traits, which are required of the tragic character.
Parmet, wrote about life of Richard Nixon with a confidence that he actually knows the person. However, he’s credibility toward writing this book does not qualify him to be a good biographer. Parmet has conducted an interview several times with Nixon before, however he wasn’t with the President Nixon when events occurred during presidency. Also parmet quoted several sources from other biographer such as “’Sought applause as though it were a substitute for love’ biographer Fawn Brodie wrote” (3). Herber S. Parmet delineated the life story of Richard Nixon during his political career.
An assortment of important texts from ancient Greece and Rome deal with the link between soldiers and homoerotic activities. Since none of them is of an inordinate length, chapter , on the classical world, contains the major commentaries on the subject and several less well known writings as well. Similarly, almost a score of classical writers dealt with Amazons in their histories, plays, and orations. The passages are brief in most instances, their span often being counted in sentences and paragraphs rather than pages, and almost all are included. Considerable evidence is available on homoeroticism in armed services from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century, but it survives most often only in fragmentary form.
The majority of them only get the date of his voyage and the ships that were sailed correct. Most textbooks include a picture of Columbus when discussing him even though nobody knows what he actually looked like, a portrait was never done of him. In fact very little is known about Columbus himself, nearly every fact about him is up for debate. Was he really Italian? Was he really Christian or was he Jewish?
As a US citizen, I have never really taken a thorough look at the constitution. I have learned about it in numerous history classes, watched multiple movies, and read many books about the legendary constitution. It is placed on such a high pedestal that you would never think that it was “flawed” according to Sabato. If I were to stop and think about it, I know that the constitution isn’t perfect. However, we’d never think of that right off of the bat.