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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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In what way was Athens not a total democracy?
Citizenship was only awarded to landowning men. The only people allowed to partake in the government were the citizens. Since the amount of citizens was much smaller than the amount of women, foreigners, and merchants, there were more people that couldn't participate in the government. Therefore Athens wasn't truly "governed by the people" (definition of democracy), it only gave political power to an elite few.
What portion of the population of Athens were citizens?
The population grew to about 250,000. Nearly a third were slaves, and 10,000 resident aliens, leaving 170,000.
Citizens were males over 18 years who had been accepted into one of the ten tribes. This would indicate, allowing for wives and children, a citizenship of about 35,000 at its peak. This matches the size of the army and garrisons early in the Peloponnesian War, when most males were conscripted. This figure fell drastically by the end of the war in 404 BCE as a result of a plague and battle casualties greatly outstripping natural accretion.
What island were the Athens defeated on?
First of all athens is not a group of people athens is a city not a war whoever wrote this probably got confused with the trojans and the greeks and the romans.
Why did Aristotle went to Athens?
because of his connections with alexander and the macedonian government, aristotle fled Athens in 324 B.C. in fear for his life.
Who helped Sparta defeat Athens?
The coalition of southern Greek city-states, not Athens, fought the Persians. At the winning land battle of Plataia 479 BCE it included Sparta, Athens, Tegea, Corinth, Orchonemos, Sicyon, Epidauros, Troizen, Mycenai, Tirtns, Phlius, Hermion, Eritrea, Chalcis, Ambracia, Leucas, Pelea, Aigina, Megara, Plataia.
However ten years earlier the city of Plataia helped Athens turn back the punitive expedition which Persia had sent against Eretria and Athens.
John J. McDermott was the winner of the first annual Boston Marathon in 1897. It was the first marathon of its kind in the US.
Athens created the first city states.
Also they were the first in to start the democracy. Also they had really good poets, they had great mathematics skills, they also have great artist.
How did Athenian government change in the years leading up to the development of democracy?
The Athenian government changed in the years leading up to the development of democracy by letting the people have more say in the government and having less strict ruling.
P.s. don't take my word on this.. I just think it's a reasonable answer to this question. but that's my opinion. (:
What are the good things about being a man in Athens?
I'm not going to lie, there was honestly not very many "good things" about living in Athens for a women. She was appointed a male guardian as a young girl (maybe 11-13) and he was to find her a husband and pay her dowry to her future husband's family. Then, after she was wed (against her will), her only job was to produce offspring. She was to stay in the house and never leave. She took care of the house, the kids, and the slaves if the family had one or more. If her husband brought company over, she was to make herself scarce.
As you can see, women were not allowed to have social lives whatsoever, and were ultimately used only to have children.
What were the major contributions of ancient Athens to western civilization?
Of all the cultures to have influenced contemporary Western civilization, Ancient Greece is perhaps the most powerful. According to LeadershipClassics.org, the imprint of the ancient Greeks on Western society spans such diverse areas as politics, philosophy, science, art, architecture and sports. Additionally, according to History-World.org, the impact of Greek literature cannot possibly be overestimated.
What role did slavery play in Athens?
If we take into account that slaves were seen as 'second class' cititzens (who didn't have a vote like women), they would of been used for the menial task in the Greek household like cooking and cleaning for example (and to an extent prostitution). The main purpose of Slaves can be seen in different ways from taskers who do all the menial chores and tasks, they can also be seen as a social status symbol for the owner as more slaves indicate more wealth and power (to an extent).
The government in ancient Athens was an example of this form of government?
The government in ancient Athens was an example of democracy. The Athenian government was the first democratic form of government recorded.
Why were the Spartans and Athens at war?
The differences were not great - Sparta had a government which was a limited democracy - that is that is it was limited to the adult males who also comprised the army; they met in assembly and made decisions on matters put before them by the council.
Athens started that way but progressively moved to a broader , then a radical democracy (however no women or other slaves need apply).
Both states had executive leadership, but both were constrained by the direct votes of the electorate on important issues.
They became allies when their interests coincided - especially in the face of the Persian threat. Then Athens helped Sparta when part of its territory revolted.
The split began when Athens began to create its empire by manipulating the anti-Persian league formed after the Xerxes invasion was driven off. Athens progressively used the funds for its own benefit and became aggressive throughout the Greek world, which caused a polarisation of city-states behind Athens and Sparta respectively. The split grew and war betwen both blocs ensued (the 27-year Peloponnesian War).
What were the three goals Athens and Pericles wanted to accomplish?
Pericles had three goals for Athens. The first was to strengthen democracy. The second was to expand the empire. The third was to beautify Athens.
What kind of government developed in the Athens?
Darco -621 BC- all Athens's, rich or poor, were under equal law. Dealt harshly on criminals, making death the punishment for practically every crime
Solon -594 BC- No citizen should own another citizen, outlawed debt slavery. Created 4 social classes according to wealth.
Cleisthenes -500 BC- Organized citizens into 10 groups based on where they lived, not wealth. Allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate.
What was the name of the conflict between Athens and Sparta and their allies-?
"What is the conflict between Good and Evil?" (Not to say Athen is good, Sparta - Evil, I just mean they are two polarities, they just can't seem to get on) Sparta thought Athens was getting too powerful so they decided to show them a thing or two, Athens should have won, if it weren't for the death of their leader Pericles, at the hands of the plague. Sparta won and Athens lost her empire. Sparta did not gain it however, she liberated each state to rule themselves. We call it the Peloponessian War today. The two cities were polar in most cultural respects, but they cooperated in defeating Persia in the Second Persian War. After the war Athens got most of the credit, intensifying the existing rivalry between them. It was primarily a political conflict about which city should be Number One in Greece.
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The Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE was fought between Sparta and its allies and Athens and its allies (empire).
Sparta and Athens were allies and respected each other for many years. They cooperated against Persia, Sparta sending a contingent to Athens to help defend against Persia's attack on Athens in 490 BCE, but it arrived too late, after the battle of Marathon had been fought. Cooperation continued, but it came adrift when the Athenian contingent sent to help Sparta put down a rebellion of its serfs in 461 BCE went awry when the Spartans realised that the Athenians were sympathetic to the opposition, and sent the Athenians home.
After the Persian War ended in 449 BCE, Athens opportunistically converted the Delian League of eastern Greek cities it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own, and lived high on the hog with the war funds it continued to extort from those cities, turning the League into an empire of its own - the cities effectively held off an invader only to be taken over by their own leader.
Athens, overconfident with this success and money, kept interfering in other Greek cities not inside its empire, bringing it into conflict with members of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Athens destroyed the Corinthian fleet, and finally tried to bankrupt Megara, one of these cities. The Peloponnesian cities appealed to Sparta, which demanded that Athens back off. It didn't and the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE ensued.
The irony was that Persia had its revenge on Athens by bankrolling a fleet for the Peloponnesian League which could match the hitherto-dominant Athenian fleet on which its power and empire rode.
Further consequences: The reason for the Persian Wars was that Persia tried to stop western Greek cities interfering in the peace within its empire by bringing the cities outside its empire under control. With Athens the chief troublemaker, the Persians thought 'better a Peloponnesian dominance than an Athenian dominance'. After the Peloponnesian War ended in Athens' defeat and loss of its empire, the Greek cities went on fighting each other in shifting alliances and - another irony - Persia imposed the King's Peace, threatening retaliation if their endless fighting continued to spill over into the Persian Empire, which was the cause of the Persian Wars the previous century in the first place. And while Persia had the advantage over the war-weakened Greek cities, it resumed control of the Greek cities in Asia Minor which it had lost after the Persian War over 60 years earlier.
How were the armies of Athens and Sparta different?
During the Dark Ages of ancient Greece, the two were indistinguishable. Small city-states that we know very little about with complex tribal beliefs and a king called a basileus.
During the Archaic Period, however, the two developed into distinct types of city-state. Athens went from an autocracy to democracy, and Sparta grew into an empire based on the principles of an autocratic meritocracy with a military focus. All Spartan men were citizens, and all Spartan citizens were highly-trained soldiers.
While Athens boasted the best navy, Sparta had some of the best foot soldiers the ancient world had ever seen.
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.
Why did many city-states form an alliance against Athens?
They wanted to punish the persians for attacking Greece
Girls did not go to school in ancient Athens. At the age of seven boys attended school, but what education a girl received was completed at home.
Describe the golden age of Athens?
1) The spread of culture through the arts
2) Expansion of knowledge
3) Regional stability that were previously nonexistent
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