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Both were in a coalition of southern Greek city-states which defeated a Persian invasion 480-479 BCE. Sparta led the alliance at the start, but it left it to Athens in the second half of the 50-year war in which there were dozens of sea and land battles. After too many losses, the Persians agreed to peace and left the Greek cities to go back to their usual fighting each other.
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∙ 8y agoAthens provided the major component of the southern Greek navy which defeated the Persians at the critical battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. Sparta provided the largest contingent of the Southern Greek armies in the decisive land battle at Plataea in 479 BCE. Sparta commanded the Greek forces at both battles.
In the following 30 years of sporadic fighting, Sparta withdrew to resolve its own internal problems of a restive serf population and Athens took leadership of the 180 Greek city-states of Asia Minor and the eastern Aegean Sea which brought a peace with Persia which agreed to cease trying to control the Greek cities in 449 BCE, ending 50 years of warfare.
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What role did Athens and Sparta play in the Persian?
because the gods were really mad at the people from Sparta that they decided to kill them all....so the Athens wins
What were woman's lives like in Athens and Sparta?
In Athens they were kept in purdah in the house rearing children and working in the house and garden. In Sparta, they were free to participate in daily life, play sports etc.
Comparing Athens and Sparta?
they have same city state,they have same weather,their chiildren play sport,and climate!@
What are some of the differences between Sparta an Athens Name at least two of them?
1 differences are that Sparta allowed women to play sports but also wanted them 2 be independent, when Athens just wanted there women to stay inside and not do anything. they wanted the men to do everything
What roles did Athens and Sparta play in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens was the maritime power and Sparta was the continental power. The war slogged on and off for over thirty years until Sparta finally gained superiority at sea, and a plague brought in form the Pontic grain ships killed possibly as many as one-third of the population of Athens, leaving it, almost literally, too weak to fight.
What are the main characteristics of Athens and Sparta?
Sparta had a more militaristic state than Athens. Sparta had all men training for the military at age seven and ending at age sixty (so basically their whole life was for the military). Also, Sparta valued women much more than Athens. In Athens, women had no rights at all and were only there to reproduce and to clean up after the men and manage the home. They also took care of the babies. Unlike the Sparta women who were allowed to have military training (but could not serve in the military), play sports, learn about the arts, go out in public, and own property/stores. Those from Sparta were descendants of the Dorian invaders, however those from Athens were descendants of the Ionians. Athens founded democracy, and believed that the individual was important, while Sparta believed in the state rather than the individual, with a government based on a oligarchic system. Sparta based their society on the repression of 'Helots' (slaves). Athens freed their slaves and abolished debt slavery.
What did ancient Sparta think of Athens?
Athens' feelings towards Sparta could differ from person to person and most important from time period to time period. For example, the story of the Battle of Thermopylae was considered very heroic but sometimes Spartan culture was made fun of in plays but in the same play Spartans could be seen as admirable (Aristophanes' Lysistrata, for example).Also, of course, if Athens was at war with Sparta, they would have a much different opinion of them.But one thing that they were very known for was the fact that they were supposed to be very brief with their words with a dry wit, the etymology for the word "laconic" is a reference to Sparta.
What is the same about Sparta and Athens?
Athens loved to learn, they did fight in wars, and they were central government. Sparta loved to fight, they had some girls play sports too! They people were really strong, so that helped them in war. Sparta wanted to be in control, they both go to war. That brings Greece down to distruction.
What role did slaves play in Sparta and Athens?
Slaves in Athens were usd as farm workers, fishermen, servants, miners, prostitutes. Sparta did not have slaves - it had serfs who were free but delivered half their produce to the city-state. In both, they were required to serve as light infantry in the army when required.
How did Athens play a part in its own downfall?
Athens never did recover from their lost of Persian during the plague. In 405 B.C the Sparta staged a blockade. The Spartans surrounded the Athens and closed their harbor with food and supplies. Beaten and starving they surrendered in 404 B.C.
Who wrote the famous play the Persians?
Aeschylus
What role did Athens and Sparta play in defeated the Persians?
because the gods were really mad at the people from Sparta that they decided to kill them all....so the Athens wins
