Why did direct democracy work well for Athens?
It was propped up by the money Athens mulcted from its empire - half the population was on the government payroll, it rebuilt the city and financed the arts. And having fortnightly assemblies enabled the citizens to direct all this in detail, with the Council of 500 carrying out these directions. The problem was the orators, who persuaded the Assembly to take unwise or dangerous courses of action.
Did citizens have to born in the area in ancient Athens?
They had to be sons of Athenian citizens. At the age of 18 they were presented to their tribe and gave evidence of their birth to be accepted as a citizen.
What are some famous theater of Athens?
The Greeks built theatres or Odeons as they were called everywhere they built, for me the most fab is at Epedaurus, (I think that is near the spelling) I have been there and it is awesome
Slavery during the Greek period was very common and encoraged, it was followed by the Roman period also.
What are the symbols for Athens?
If you wanna know it badly then too late i dont type any answers here.
What society did Plato belong to?
Plato was a philosophical scholar from democratically-ruled Athens, a part of Ancient Greece.
By 500 BC what did most city-states become?
Oligarchies - rule by an aristocracy - the kings and tyrants were gone.
What political reforms did cleisthenes make in Athens?
reforms:citizens required to educate their sons , boys had to attend privet schools,had to study:writing,mathematics,and music
What statement best describes men and women in ancient Athens?
The men dominated life, the women were home-bound chattels except in rare instances such as Sparta where they lived an open life.
When did Athens control an empire?
After the Persian invasion 480-479 BCE was repelled by the league of southern Greek cities, Athens took over leadership of 180 freed cities to keep the Persians at bay, forming the Delian League. Some cities came to resent having to pay for this protection and started to leave.
Athens led expeditions to enforce payment of the annual tax to pay for the navies of the League, beginning with Naxos. When the Persians finally made peace in 449 BCE, Athens continued to exact the payments, by force where necessary. It misused the money by spending it on itself, and reduced the cities into a virtual empire under its dominance and financial extortion.
This lasted until 404 BCE when Athens was defeated in the Peloponnesian War and was stripped of its empire.
Sparta beat Athens with the help of the Persians. The Spartans sold land in Asia Minor so that they could build a navy with that navy they crushed Athens' navy and Athens surrendered.
When the Greek cities of Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule in 499 BCE, Eretria and Athens sent contingents to join them and Athens led an expedition in 498 BCE which captured and burnt down the Persian provincial capital of Sardis. This caused the Persian king Darius to send a punitive expedition to establish Persian-appointed tyrants to keep the two cities under control. The Persian force captured Eretria, but was defeated by Athens at Marathon.
Why was Socrates and the beliefs that he and Athens held so hypocritical?
Socrates' beliefs were not hypocritical - he led people to think for themselves.Athenians were not hypocritical, they followed their beliefs. Did yo mean some other word?
What struck Athens in 430 bce during the peloponnesian war?
A Plague that has yet to be identified by experts .
What were 3 ways in which economy of Athens and Sparta differed?
Sparta had substantial territory, and was an agricultural economy. With limited land, Athens had to move into trade.
The Spartan workforce was comprised of serfs, who grew produce and gave half to the Spartan citizens. Athens had a mixed workforce of small farmers, tradesmen and traders, supplemented by the work of a large slave population.
Spartan citizens, supported by the serf contributions, spent their time in training for war to defend their country. Athens developed an empire which it milked to provide money to aggrandise Athens , maintain naval power as an enforcer over its empire, and to pay for half its citizens in public service jobs.
What kind of democracy did Athens have?
Athens had a direct democracy. All citizens in Athens could participate directly in the government. It is called direct democracy because each person's decision directly affects the out-come of a vote. Women, however, were excluded from this process.
What were some duties citizens in Athens had?
This is all i can think of off the top of my head Athenians were expected to get and education, and serve in the military, also known as Ephebos. You were of course expected to follow laws or you would be put under arrest as you are now.
What was fought between Athens and Sparta?
The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Citizens were freeborn land owning males who were 21-years-old and older, both of whose parents were Athenian. Everyone else was denied citizenship.
How does Ancient Greece education effect us?
Not at all/ Children were educated in the home - the rich had tutors, the rest had parents to do it. A few of the brightest and richest could attend academies run by philosophers.
This is totally different from our universal education systems of primary, secondary, tertiary and trade facilities of today.