If you were a slave back in ancient Greece, you would prefer to be a slave in Athens.
A Spartan slave would constantly be afraid for his life. Every year, the Spartans declared war on their slaves and they even had a 'special-ops' group called the Krypteia who were allowed to kill any slave they believed was plotting against the city. The killing of slaves was openly accepted in Sparta.
Athens.
Athens were generally more interlectual and Sparta was generally more warlike but it's your opinion
Sparta was a good example of limited democracy, Athens of radical democracy.
A navy is not on land, so neither had the best navy.
Sparta had the best military forces, enough to take out Athens.
SPARTA: best military in greece, and defeated athens. Not a great learning community, and trained for war almost constantly. ATHENS: The best place to go in ancient times, a luxurious place for citizens. Hope I helped:)
Leading independent Greek city-states.
Athens is better then Sparta because Athens didnt throw out babies because they were weak! Anyway, Athens is better just because:}:}:}:}:]Another ViewYet Athenian women were kept in virtual slavery at home, whereas in Sparta they were free to participate in community life. And a third of the Athenian population were owned slaves, whereas in Sparta, they were serfs. Who was' best' ?
Pheidippides, runner from Athens to Sparta to ask for help later from battle of marathon to Athens to report a victory
Spartans were better that Athens! no doubt about it. Actually, Sparta had a better army; the best army in Greece, and Spartan women enjoyed a higher status than women in Athens. Otherwise, it was generally better to be an Athenian, although they were far from perfect too.
Argos, Thebes, Corinth, Elis, Sparta, Athens.
Sparta had a major focus on military power and physical fitnessSparta had the best soldiers in the world dedicated to fightingAthens had soldiers only in times of war that were only temporary soldiers.