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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 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.
Why did girls in Athens receive little education?
no boys and girls both went to school but when a girl was about 7 years old they would drop out of school and help the family
How far was marathon from Athens?
it's 1 hour away from Athens....But Marathonas is a simple village and except from landmark Tymvos is waste of time to get here.
Why was it so hard to do farming in Greece?
Greece was 80% mountains.There was limited amount og good soil and cropland.
In Ancient Greece, particularly Athens, the Boule was an assembly of citizens that were selected to run the day to day affairs of the city-state. The members of the Boule were chosen by lot, and their terms lasted one year. The Boule of Athens was established by Solon in 594 B.C., with 400 members. It was expanded to 500 members, 50 men from each of the ten tribes of Athens, by Kleisthenes in 508 B.C.
The Boule met in the Bouleterion.
they had many slaves
they went through the Pelonnesian war
made peace to end war
How did the Battle of Thermopylae help Athens?
It bought time.
If the battle hadn't taken place then the Athenians would not have been able to retreat around the coast and eventually use its navy to mount a counter-attack.
Another view:
It helped them not at all. They had all the time they needed to evacuate their city and prepare for battle in the months that the Persian army and fleet assembled in Asia Minor and ponderously made their way across into Europe and down the coast of Greece.
The purpose of the Thermopylai defence was to provoke a sea battle in the strait opposite at Artemesion. The sea battle failed, and was successfully refought by the Greek navies at Salamis.
For more information on the strategies of both sides see the related question below:
