Ancient Sparta vs Ancient Athens
- Created by: Barry Bee
- Created on: 13-06-19 17:38
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- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Sparta
- Society
- Education
- Spartan boys would be trained into hoplites
- Selection age 5
- Ephors decide whether the child is strong
- Agoge age 7
- State organised education
- Promotes obedience, order, discipline, deceit and endurance
- State organised education
- Communal dining groups aged 20
- Symbol of unity and citizenship
- Selection age 5
- Spartan boys would be trained into hoplites
- Social Structure
- |Spartiates| |Periokoi| |Helots|
- Spartiates were Spartan born and were full time soldiers that could vote
- Periokoi were foreign or untrained and were merchants /artisans. They could not vote or own land
- Helots were born as slaves and supported Spartiate families and worked the land
- |Spartiates| |Periokoi| |Helots|
- Women
- Education
- Public education for girls
- Discouraged from household work, focus on athletics
- Public education for girls
- Expected to bear Spartan sons
- Serve the city for warfare and to provide for the army
- Education
- Education
- Politics
- Government Structure
- Oligarchy
- Ephors (magistrates) and the Gerousia (Senate) guided the kings
- Diarchy
- Two kings who governed
- Equally responsible for legal issues
- Two kings who governed
- Oligarchy
- Hoplite state
- Helots were serfs who farmed
- Messenian slaves that outnumbered hoplites
- Hoplites focused on war
- Helots were serfs who farmed
- Socio-economic system
- Iron spits used instead of coins
- Discourage accumulation of wealth
- Iron spits used instead of coins
- Government Structure
- Warfare
- Meticulously ordered phalanxes
- Speared hoplites were able to move quickly
- Feigned retreats and Marching box techniques
- Limiting losses and casualties
- Meticulously ordered phalanxes
- Society
- Ancient Athens
- Society
- Social Structure
- |Aristocrats| |Small Farmers| |Craftsmen & Trireme Rowers| |Metics (Foreginers) |Slaves| |Women
- Heirarchical
- |Aristocrats| |Small Farmers| |Craftsmen & Trireme Rowers| |Metics (Foreginers) |Slaves| |Women
- Education
- Only boys were formally educated from 7
- Grammata, Music and Physical Education
- Compulsory military service at 18
- Only boys were formally educated from 7
- Women
- Patriarchal society
- Women rarely seen in public
- Trained in childcare and domesticity
- Heteraes educated to entertain men
- Patriarchal society
- Social Structure
- Politics
- Role of the Government
- Assist the poor
- Help them find work
- Land grants for dispossessed villagers
- Help for war widows and orphans
- Assist the poor
- Government structure
- Seperate city states
- Governed by a democracy
- The Assembly of the People
- Posts chosen by lot
- Limits corruption and patronage
- Supervised by the Boule (Council)
- Managed external affairs
- Administrated the laws
- Posts chosen by lot
- The Assembly of the People
- Role of the Government
- Warfare
- Strong Naval Power
- Up to 200 Triremes at once
- Delian League kept the Aegean Sea controlled by Athens
- Cavalry
- Expanded by 200% by 500 BC
- On foot archers to flank the army
- Strong Naval Power
- Society
- Ancient Sparta
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