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Sparta
One of the city states of ancient Greece, Sparta was well known for its warrior culture.
2,647 Questions
What was another name for a slave in ancient Sparta?
The name for a slave in ancient Sparta was "Helot", meaning "imperior" in Greek.
He instituted the spartan military education system?
Lycurgus of Sparta is credited with creating the Spartan system of education. The system was based on three pillars, military fitness, and austerity.
Did Helen and Menelaus have kids and how many?
Menelaus and Helen had two children, as described in Homer's Iliad. The daughter was called Hermione, and the boy- who was a baby when Helen fled to Troy with Paris (Hermione was twelve or thirteen)- was called Nicostratus.
What are some famous sites of ancient Sparta?
None, Sparta itself was a ''city'' Or better say union of five villages 4+1 Pitana, Mesoa, Limnai, Kynosura + Amyclae
What happed to the other Spartans in the halo storyline?
The books can tell you, I read one of the books, they died on the planet Reach as it was glassed (bombed from orbit) by the covenant. The master chief was on a space ship (maybe the pillar of autumn) at the time, he saw the planet get glassed. There's a slight chance I'm wrong but I remember it well.
Yeah, all but three Spartans (Master Chief, Sam, and another person) were aboard a covenant ship when Reach was destroyed. For the full story, read the book. It is actually really well written.
they did not have one Sparta eventually built a navy in the latter phase of their war with Athens, but they handled it badly, and the superior seamanship of the Athenian navy resulted in the humiliating loss of several sea battles. The Spartan king Lysander conquered Athens by using the Spartan navy in a different way, with an amphibious attack on Athens.
What are some important dates in France?
A important date for France is when they held the Olympics (1900)
^ use proper grammar.
basically everything in the late 1700's, when the French Revolution happened.
Where is Denmark located on what peninsula is it located?
Denmark is located in Northern Europe. South of Norway, west of Sweden, north of Germany.
In 490 B.C. the Ancient Kingdom of Persia was the mightiest in the know world. King Darius was ''a living god'', and expanded his fathers' Empire (King Kroisus) furhter and further to the West. The coastline of Asia Minor was at the time heavily colonised by greek city-states, and King Darius conquered them without an difficulties.
But the colonies, with the support of their founding-towns in Greece rebelled, and they were put to the sword. Darius decided to punish the Greek city states for helping the colonies, so in 490 .B.C. he launched an unsucceful campaign which ended wit the battle of Marathon. The Athenian army routed a Persian army many times larger- the outcome of the battle was 6400 dead Persians. The Greeks lost 196 men. The Persian morale was low and the campaign was abandonded.
After his father's defeat, Kind Xerxes decided that he would succeed were his father failed. He gathered armies from all points of his empire, and if we are to believe the ancient Greek historians, this army was a million men strong (modern hostorians put the number to about 250.000).
In 480 B.C. he crossed into mainland Greece, and the Greek city-states became to crumble under his power-The Thracians, Macedonians, Thessalians, Thebans could simply not hold the multitudes of Xerxes army. The remaining city-states decided to act-as quickly as they could they selected aplace were numbers had no importance, and what's more, a place that was suited to the Greek close-style heavy-infantry combat.
The first choice was Tempi-narrow straits located between Thessaly and Macedonia, but as Xerxes' army advanced, this place was abanoned. The next place was Thermopylae, were the mountains made a very small path meeting a sheer cliff that dropped about 100 feet into the sea.
From the Greek side there were initially about 4000-7000 men, with 300 Spartans and their squires as leaders. From the other side lay 250.000-1.000.000 Persians, Scythians, Bactrians, Lydians e.c.t. It was left to see who was supperior in battle.
Although the Persian army were supperior in men, they were serously lacking in armour suited for close combat. It was an army effetive for the steppes of Asia, equipped with light lances, padded armour and shields made of wicker, whereas the Greeks wore bronze breastplates, had bronze shields, iron swords and were familiar with the heavy lance (=dory), an 8 foot spear heavy enough to withstand the turmoil of battle without breaking.
After 4 days of non-stop battle, the Persians losses were around 20.000-40.000. The Greeks had lost about 1000 men. Demoralised and infuriated, King Xerxes (who has nothing to do with the drag-queen on the movie ''300'') put a huge reward for anyone who would assist him to overpower the Greeks. A local goat-herder named Ephialtes (who, yet again, has nothing to do with the hunchback in the movie ''300'') asiisted the Persians and led them behind the main forces of the Greeks.
When the Greeks realised that all was last, the Spartan King Leonidas dissmissed them so that they would put up a second line of defence further south. He himself remained with what was left of his 300, plus 700 Thespians who refused to leave.
The died to the last man.
After the battle, Xerxes decided that he had had enough of battle and bloodshed, leaving his son-in-law Mardonius to finish the campaign with 300.000 men. By this time, the Greeks had managed to put their personal differencies apart and presented a 100.000 strong army. They were victorious.
What was notable about the Spartan Society?
Spartan society was notable for
a. a higher standard of living than most Greek city-states.
b. an emphasis on military and athletic ability.
c. great intellectual and artistic accomplishment.
d. the complete political control of its two kings.
Who was the warrior king of ancient Sparta?
King Leanitis There was no King Leanitis! I'm guessing that this above guy tried to spell King Leonidas I (490BC - 480BC), 300 has made a lot of lamans think they know everything... All the ancient Spartan kings were warriors so technically you want: * Eurysthenes - c.930 BC. * Agis I c.930 - c.900 BC. * Echestratus c.900 - c.870 BC. * Labotas c.870 - c.840 BC. * Doryssus c.840 - c.820 BC. * Agesilaus I c.820 - c.790 BC. * Archilaus c.790 - c.760 BC. * Teleclus c.760 - c.740 BC. * Alcamenes c.740 - c.700 BC. * Polydorus c.700 - c.665 BC. * Eurycrates c.665 - c.640 BC. * Anaxander c.640 - c.615 BC. * Eurycratides c.615 - c.590 BC. * Lindius c.590 - 560 BC. * Anaxandridas II c.560 - c.520 BC. * Cleomenes I c.520 - c.490 BC. * Leonidas I c.490 - 480 BC. * Pleistarchus 480 - c.459 BC. * Pleistoanax c.459 - 401 BC. * Pausanias 409 - 395 BC. * Agesipolis I 395 - 380 BC. * Cleombrotus I 380 - 371 BC. * Agesipolis II 371 - 370 BC. * Cleomenes II 370 - 309 BC. * Areus I 309 - 265 BC. * Acrotatus II 265 - 262 BC. * Areus II 262 - 254 BC. * Leonidas II 254 - 235 BC. * Cleomenes III 235 - 222 BC. * Procles - c.930 BC. * Soos ? - c.890 BC. * Eurypon c.890 - c.860 BC. * Prytanis c.860 - c.830 BC. * Polydectes c.830 - c.800 BC. * Eunomus c.800 - c.780 BC * Charilaus c.780 - c.750 BC. * Nicander c.750 - c.720 BC. * Theopompus c.720 - c.675 BC. * Anaxandridas I c.675 - c.645 BC. * Zeuxidamas c.645 - c.625 BC. * Anaxidamus c.625 - c.600 BC. * Archidamus I c.600 - c.575 BC. * Agasicles c.575 - c.550 BC. * Ariston c.550 - c.515 BC. * Demaratus c.515 - c.491 BC. * Leotychidas c.491 - 469 BC. * Archidamus II 469 - 427 BC. * Agis II 427 - 401/400 BC. * Agesilaus II 401/400 - 360 BC. * Archidamus III 360 - 338 BC. * Agis III 338 - 331 BC. * Eudamidas I 331 - c.305 BC. * Archidamus IV c.305 - c.275 BC. * Eudamidas II c.275 - c.245 BC. * Agis IV c.245 - 241 BC. * Eudamidas III 241 - 228 BC. * Archidamus V 228 - 227 BC. * Eucleidas 227 - 221 BC
What was the Confederate plan for winning the war and what flaws existed in this strategy?
The Confederate strategy was incredibly simple: survive until Northern war spirit was broken. The Confederacy was in a war to justify its own existence, so unlike the North, it didn't need to conquer territory or subjugate people; just hold on to its own. The great flaw in this strategy was that it hung on the assumption that the North and Lincoln would lose the will to fight before Confederate supplies ran out OR that a great European power would come to the aid of the Confederacy, although how much weight was actually placed on this latter hope is arguable. As for myself, I think most of the generals were not counting on foreign aid, even if the politicians were trying to push for it. A perfect example of Southern implementation of this strategy would be the campaigns of Robert E. Lee, who/which of course is/are almost always cited as the ideal general/campaigns. Lee was incredibly aggressive as a commander and fought with a tenacity only matched by a few generals in the North. Even though Lee, particuraly in his earlier Peninsula Campaign, actually suffered higher casulaty rates than the North, the ferocity of his attacks so disheartened the North and boosted his own troops' morale that the South clearly emerged the victor. Lee needed morale-crushing victories over the North in order to attack the North's morale. He knew he could never hope to invade the North and hold onto any conquered territory, nor could he hope to wipe out the entire Union Army. Nevertheless, the more men, material, and armies he destroyed the less support Lincoln would have back home for continuing the war, and it was that morale he hoped to destroy. Fortunately, Lee was a brilliant tactician and generally surrounded be extremely effective subordiantes who advised him and carried out his orders. Lee's downfall was simply a failure to crush the Northern will to continue the war. Despite his incredible victories, failures in the West; an inability to break the Union blockade; lack of foreign aid; inflation; massive taxes; and just overall exhaustion made it impossible to continue the war effort. Lee never succeeded in breaking the North's spirits to the point where they gave up the war. He came incredibly close, but thanks to firm, and at times even dictatorial leadership from Lincoln and Washington, the Union stayed the course until Southern resources could simply not support the war effort anymore. After the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered, the rest of the South was not long to follow.
