Sparta is the Greek city-state best known for having a military society. Known best for the heroic, yet losing fight at Thermopylae of their 300 Spartan warriors under King Leonidas against 100,000+ Persians, while Athens is known for the Acropolis and other monuments, Sparta's only monument is the enduring valor of that battle.
Sparta was the Greek city-state that was most militaristic.
polis. Its the greek name for city.
No, Athens became the most powerful Greek city-state.
Sparta had the most intense and powerful army in the time of the Persian Empire.
It provided a secure environment and a local political structure on which a city-state was organised.
Sparta was the Greek city-state that was most militaristic.
Sparta was the Greek city-state that was most militaristic.
It changed over time - Sparta, Athens, Thebes.
It changed over time - Sparta, Athens, Thebes.
polis. Its the greek name for city.
No, Athens became the most powerful Greek city-state.
Sparta and Athens
Sparta had the most intense and powerful army in the time of the Persian Empire.
In modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state". ... The body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient Greece.
Apella was the official title of the popular assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states
The most important structure in an ancient Greek city was the acropolis. Fortified by massive stone walls, the acropolis of a town may also be home to the most important temples for the town's favorite Olympian deity.(acropolis)
most of the greek city-states practiced oligarchy, including sparta and athens.