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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.
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∙ 12y agoThey were allies when the Persians tried conquering Athens. After the Persian Empire failed at conquering Athens, they(Athens&Sparta) were sitting aside money(in Athens) in case the Persian tried again. Athens wanted a more beautiful city and they did not fear the Persians coming again, so they used all of the saved money on town improvement. This made Sparta very mad, and they became enemies.
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∙ 12y agoAthens was a democracy, Sparta was an oligarchy.
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∙ 9y agoThey were all Greek peoples, and prepared to undertake endless wars to achieve their ends.
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You can go back and read about Athens then compare it to Sparta.
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∙ 10y agoi dont even knoo
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What enemies did Athens and Sparta have?
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
Where Athens and Sparta friendly neighbors or enemies?
Both. They were competitors, unless threatened by foreigners.
Who had a army centered life Athens or Sparta?
Sparta full-time. Athens part-time.
Is goddess Athena Sparta or Athens?
When? Leda, Helen and Gorgo were all infamous queens of Sparta.
Why was Sparta and Athens enemies?
They were polar opposites, Athens being a scholarly, open empire, with Sparta being a military state that detested change. Sparta had a powerful army, Athens had a powerful navy. Both were also ambitious and wanted to expand their reaches of influence. They were bound to bump heads a few times.
Did the Athens or Sparta have a democracy?
Sparta because they did not have as much freedom as Athens.
What city is farther north Athens or Sparta?
Athena
Did Sparta or Athens have a democracy?
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.
Which two city-states demonstrated military interdependence during the Persian Wars?
The city-states of Athens and Sparta joined forces along with the other southern Greek city-states to defeat the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE, however they were not enemies - they were allies before and after the Persian invasion. Sparta had offered support to Athens against the Persian attack on Athens a decade before that, and Athens supported the Spartans when Messenia revolted against Spartan rule twenty years after the Persian invasion. Not exactly enemies. They became enemies when Athens set out to dominate the Greek world, resulting in the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League and Athens and its new empire clashed in a destructive Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE. Athens lost, was stripped of its empire and became a second rate power.
Why Athens should not have gone to war against Sparta?
Athens was overconfident and aggressive. Sparta and its allies drew a line over a dispute over Megara, and tried to get Athens to soften its position. Athens refused and war ensued.
What was different about Sparta and Athens?
they had different forms of government, Sparta had oligarchy while Athens had democracy. in Athens, you became a man when you turned 18, in Sparta you had to be 30. for money Athens had drachmas and Sparta had obols.
How did Sparta differ from Athens?
Sparta was different from Athens because Athens was more artlike and Sparta was tought to be tough ruthless people they were tought to steal kill and make slaves but on the other hand Athens did not go crazy with power like Sparta did they maintained society and they made laws to enforce what you should live like back then
