SPARTA!
athens was made up of four social classes. aristocrats,citizens,metics and slaves.
Sparta full-time. Athens part-time.
in Sparta were only free men citizens?
Athens and Sparta are both located in Greece.
athens wanted peace while sparta wanted war
athens was made up of four social classes. aristocrats,citizens,metics and slaves.
Neither. Metics (resident aliens) were merchants/traders/tradesmen/academics. Sparta had serfs as a working class. Athens had its own people as a working class.
Metics
A resident alien, not a citizen but part of society.
Metics
No.
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
Sparta full-time. Athens part-time.
In Sparta, the working class primarily consisted of the helots, who were subjugated populations primarily from Messenia, while foreign workers, known as "metics," were less prominent in Spartan society. In contrast, Athens had a significant population of metics, who were free foreigners living in the city and engaged in various professions, contributing to the economy. These metics often faced legal restrictions and were required to pay taxes, but they played a crucial role in Athenian trade and craftsmanship. Thus, while both city-states had forms of foreign labor, their roles and status differed markedly.
Sparta because they did not have as much freedom as Athens.
Athena
Middle class people in ancient Athens were called metics