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Athens
One of the Ancient Greek city states, Athens has become the Capitol of Greece. It was home to Plato and Aristotle as well as a center of cultural activity up to the modern day.
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What was the relationship with Athens and other city-states?
The other Greek city-states were under pressure from the Persians to submit to Persian control, which many did. After Marathon, the southern Greek city-states were encouraged to combine and resist.
What sense are modern universities similar to agora of ancient Athens?
Like the Agora, modern universities provide a place for scholars to share their knowledge with students.
How did the citizens of Athens get enough grain to eat?
Their farmers toiled long hours in the fields to feed their families and sold the surplus in the markets. The non-farmers had to get the money to buy food at the markets. Any shortages in local production had to be bought and transported from other cities or territories. Those who could not pay starved to death or stole or got a job as a mercenary soldier with the Persians, orsold themselves into slavery etc etc.
What kind of government did Athens have?
Ancient Athens type of government was democracy. They had a democratic rule.
Why were soldiers and merchants unsatisfied by the government in Athens?
It depends on which period you are talking about. Before the democracy they were dissatisfied by aristocratic rule. During the democracy, they themselves ruled via the fortnightly assembly of the people which they were part of, so they no-one to blame but themselves.
What was the form of government in Athens during the golden age under Pericles?
Radical Democracy, The Golden Age was funded by the funds levied from the 180 city-states which were part of Athens' empire.
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Which is better at fighting Athens or Sparta?
Sparta had a better army by far, but Athens had a much better navy.
What are some positive and negatives of Athens government?
How was Athens not considered a Democracy from 460-430 BCE
Why did Sparta decide to help Athens in the Persian war?
Because the Persian army wanted to destroy individual Greek poli, so Athens convinced other poli to combine forces with them and make a league or an alliance in order to attack the Persian army and eventually win.
How did ancient Athens compare in size to the us in 1789?
1/4 of current land; 1/100th of current population
Who were not citizens in Athens?
Those who could not prove their Athenian ancestry, resident aliens foreigners, women, children, slaves.
Athens was conquered by Philip II of Macedon. This happened in 338 BC.
How was a man chosen to be on Athens council of 500?
The Council of 500 would vote on who to put in the council and who not to put on the council.
Who was the man that ran from Marathon to Athens to tell the victory?
A common story is that it was Philippides, however he was dead by then, having been sent to Sparta to summon their assistance, and came back hallucinating and died from the stress of the 120 km run.
After the battle, the Athenians realised that the Persian cavalry had been embarked and was being rowed around the Sunion peninsula to then gallop up and take Athens with traitors opening the gates of the city for them. The Athenian army ran the 26 miles over the hills with their armour and weapons to form up in front of the city just as the Persian cavalry was disembarking. The Persians, having lost their infantry, and frustrated in their next attempt, went home.
So the direct answer to the question is 9,000 warriors ran from Marathon to Athens.
This mass run was the origin of the Marathon race. Runners today get it pretty easy without the shields, armour, weapons and sandals of the first runners.
How did Athens prospered under strong leadership?
Through trade and the spoils of war, and creating an empire which provided them with the taxes to put half their population on the public payroll, provide a massive building programme, and become a centre of culture for a short period.
How were equity and fairness part of structure of the government and society of Ancient Athens?
They had a democracy so they could choose their government.
What were the upper class rulers of Athens called?
The upper class in Greece were considered the patrician.
What step did the Council of 500 take for fairness?
It implemented the commands of the citizen assembly.
