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Sparta
One of the city states of ancient Greece, Sparta was well known for its warrior culture.
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What did Sparta do while other city-states set up colonies?
they conquered and enslaved their neighbors
What do Sparta and Australia have in common?
They are 2 of the greatest nations in history and both contain the letters S, A and R!
Why did Spartans believe they needed a strong army?
Sparta most likely believed that they needed a strong army so that they could not be overthrown.
Why did the spartans cooperate with the Athenians?
They both knew that the Persians would attack them with more, bigger, stronger armies. They figure out if they don't cooperate together, they would both be killed.
Sparta is a city of Laconia in the Peloponessus. Laconia is a part of a vaster region, Lacedaemon, a name which has also been used to denote the city of Sparta. After Eurotas, Lacedaemon became king and had by Sparta a son Amyclas, and a daughter Eurydice. According to some, this daughter married King Acrisius of Argos, and gave birth to Danae, mother of Perseus, the founder of Mycenae. Lacedaemon called the inhabitants Lacedaemonians after himself, and having founded a city, he called it Sparta after his wife.
How were the leaders selected in ancient Sparta?
Sparta was ruled by two hereditary kings, who had to rule jointly. Each king had veto power over the other's decisions. There was a council of 28 elders, called Gerousia, who were men over the age of 60 and generally came from the royal families. They were elected for life by the citizens of Sparta. There was also a group of five officials, called ephors, who were elected annually.
Spartan citizenry by no means included everyone. Citizens were Spartans who had completed the Spartan education process, and this process was only open to those who could demonstrate that they were descendants of the original inhabitants of the city.
The kings mostly held dominion over military and religious affairs. They also had judicial authority, but they were later restricted only to matters of inheritance and public roads. The Gerousia decided civil and criminal judicial disputes. Matters of great importance to the state were referred to the Gerousia. They would propose alternative options to the Damos, the assembly of Spartan citizens similar to the Athenian assembly, who would vote on the action to be taken.
Over time, the Gerousia and the ephors exercised more control, so that by the time of the Persian Wars, the kings had to gain approval for foreign and military policy from them.
What Was The Focus Of The Sparta?
The Focus of Sparta
Send there kids to war only if they were male if they were female you were to throw them on the street to die or the Spartans could use them for house wives and that's the answer
When did Athens and Sparta fight?
They fought several times, and were war allies on a number of occasions. The principal one was the Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE, Sparta and its allies versus Athens and its empire.
Xerxes vowed revenge & planned to invade Greece. He became the new Persian monarch in 486 B.C., after Persian King Darius died. He had an army of 18,000 troops, thousands of warships & supply vessels.
What were Spartan's life span?
Usually most Spartans lived to about age 75 because being in the military they took great care of their physical bodies. (That was only if they didn't die in war)
How were the government of Sparta and Athens different?
Athens's finnancial differences from Sparta were that Sparta had alot more gold and Athens had alot more credit.
Who won the war between Athens and Sparta How?
Sparta won from strong allies and cutting Athens off from its food supplying colonys.
Did Sparta have a strong army on land?
The strength of the Spartan army is that the citizens were relieved from having to farm to support themselves by the allocation of seven serfs each. This meant that they could concentrate on military training, which the militias of other states could not afford to do. This held up as long as their numerical strength remained at a viable level. As citizenship was heriditary, any major losses meant a diminution of the army's numbers, which began in the Peloponnesian War and continued thereafter until Sparta lost offensive military significance and was hard pressed to defend its own territory. A second factor was the rise of mercenaries - from the 4th Century BCE, some cities and then the Hellenistic Kingdoms were able to pay for mercenaries, who were able to train continuously, so that Spartan edge of training eroded along with its military manpower.
What was life for children in ancient Sparta and Ancient Athens?
Sparta was completely focused on warfare so only strong children would be kept and reared. after that, and up to the age of 7, children would be looked after by either their mothers or nurses, both of which were known throughout Greece for their skills in child upbringing. during this time children would be fed only simple food and not given the luxuries that are available now. at the age of 7 the child's upbringing would be considered over and they would be sent away to live at barracks.
in Athens the upbringing was very different as the whole city was not based on warfare. all children would be kept unless the family was to poor and then other families could adopt them as slaves.
