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SPARTA

SPARTA. SPARTA. Counsel of Elders Advisors. Assembly of Citizens Approved Major Decisions. Spartan Society. Spartiates - Spartan soldiers Perioeci - Merchants and Craftsmen Helots - State slaves/serfs. Spartan Citizen. Newborns examined for defects. Spartan Citizen.

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SPARTA

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  1. SPARTA

  2. SPARTA Counsel of Elders Advisors Assembly of Citizens Approved Major Decisions

  3. Spartan Society Spartiates - Spartan soldiers Perioeci - Merchants and Craftsmen Helots - State slaves/serfs

  4. Spartan Citizen • Newborns examined for defects

  5. Spartan Citizen • Newborns examined for defects • @ age 7, assigned to military barracks “With your shield, or on it”

  6. Spartan Citizen • Newborns examined for defects • @ age 7, assigned to military barracks • @ age 20, allowed to marry. Stayed in Barracks

  7. Spartan Citizen • Newborns examined for defects • @ age 7, assigned to military barracks • @ age 20, allowed to marry. Stayed in Barracks • @ age 30, took his place in the assembly

  8. Spartan Women

  9. Spartan Women • Expected to Exercise and strengthen body Girls engaged in sports and receive some public education

  10. Spartan Women • Expected to Exercise and strengthen body • Expected to produce Healthy Sons • Plutarch says, explicitly, that his purpose is not to write political history, but to bring out the subjects' particular virtues and vices and to illustrate his character. This purpose is worth bearing in mind — Plutarch's lives are not necessarily objective historical accounts, but narrative pictures aiming to convey a particular moral point.

  11. Spartan Women • Expected to Exercise and strengthen body • Expected to produce Healthy Sons • Ran the family estate (men at war) women possessed economic power and influence

  12. Spartan Women Allowed many freedoms not seen in ancient world “Spartan women have opinions, they were not afraid to voice them in public; and worse still – their husbands listened to them!” - Athenian

  13. Sparta Stands Alone • They looked down on trade and wealth. • Had little use for the arts or new ideas. “Spartans are willing to die for their city because they have no reason to live.” - Athenian

  14. The Phalanxnew form of warfare

  15. ATHENS

  16. ATHENS • The free residents were called Citizen

  17. ATHENS • Monarchy – a Hereditary ruler • Aristocracy – 700 BC, Wealthy Landowners who could afford good weapons and chariots • Oligarchy – government that included small wealthy Middle Class merchants.

  18. ATHENS Draco – Draconian Law 650 – 610 BC. Was the first legislator of Athens. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Known for its harshness, draconian has come to refer to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.

  19. ATHENS Cleisthenes – Demokratia - Direct Democracy "the father of Athenian democracy.“ credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 507 BC. allowed a Lottery (or ‘by Lot’) of the Oligarchy in a selection of Legislators (council of 500)

  20. Thermopylae Pass • Initially, 300 Spartan soldiers held off Persian Army • XERXES, LEONIDAS • The delay allowed other Greek city-states to unite and plan • 5000 Greeks were then defeated in the following battle • Within a year, the Greeks defeated the Persians PERSIAN WARS

  21. Thermopylae Pass • Initially, 300 Spartan soldiers held off Persian Army • XERXES, LEONIDAS • The delay allowed other Greek city-states to unite and plan • 5000 Greeks were then defeated in the following battle • Within a year, the Greeks defeated the Persians Delian League • Formed to protect the Greek City-States from outside invasion • Each city-state paid a tribute (dues) PERSIAN WARS

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