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Σπάρτα. Sparta. Spartan History. Foundation 1000 BC Government Ancient Culture Society Military. War Fall 317 BC Questionable Ideal Aristocratic Historians exaggeration. Social Structure. Three Distinct Classes Helots: slave class; not considered citizens

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Σπάρτα

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  1. Σπάρτα Sparta

  2. Spartan History • Foundation • 1000 BC • Government • Ancient • Culture • Society • Military • War • Fall • 317 BC • Questionable • Ideal Aristocratic • Historians exaggeration

  3. Social Structure Three Distinct Classes • Helots: slave class; not considered citizens • Perioikoi: free people, but lacked rights • Spartiates (homoioi): citizens with full rights and standing

  4. Values of Sparta • Military Virtues: bravery, obedience, strength, duty, honor, sacrifice, dying in battle • Simplistic lifestyle • Laconic Speech • Respect for elders • Deception of helots, of soldiers, encouraging theft

  5. Women and Marriage • Also underwent rigorous physical training, but not military • Compared to other city-states, Spartan women had substantial rights- owning property, less restrictive clothing • Not exactly monogamous

  6. Government in Sparta • The Lycurgan Constitution • C. 640 BC, militarization of state • Kings • The Ephors • Oversee the laws and society • The Gerousia • 28 > 60; plus Kings • The Apella • Male Citizens>30; 9000 eligible • The Perioikoi • Villagers; local citizenship (not citizens)

  7. Training • At the age of 7, Spartan boys entered the agoge ("the upbringing") • Three age classes, 7-18 year olds, 18-20, 20-30                  -Military training began at age 16 • Debate of male companions • Competitions of endurance and discipline                   -Annual whipping                   -Self-Control • Ultimate Spartan Honor: to serve as one of the hippeis • Spartans in battle                 -acts of discipline                 -competing for glory                 -silence

  8. This is Sparta! …myths! • Leonidas didn’t kick that Persian Ambassador down a well… • While the size of the Persian armies in the movie is consistent with Herodotus, in the millions, modern scholars maintain that the Persians had no more than 200,000. • The Athenian General Themistocles suggested using Thermopylae. • 7,000 Greeks at Thermopylae in addition to the 300. • ~ 2,000 Greeks stayed behind.

  9. The Greco-Persian War • Battle of Marathon • Battle of Thermopylae and Artemesium- 480 • Battle of Salamis • Battle of Platea and Mycale

  10. The Peloponnesian War • Archimadian War • Peace of Nicias • Battle of Mantinea • Sicilian Expedition • Battle of Aegospomati MOLON LABE-Come and receive!

  11. The Corinthian War • Persians beat Sparta at sea • Athens regains power • Persians turn on the Coalition • Sparta defeats Athens at sea, escape blockade • The Peace of Antalcidas is reached.

  12. ID Terms • Hoplite- literally “armored man”; Greek soldier • Phalanx- battle formation commonly used in Greece. • Gerousia- Spartan Council of 30; 60 years old or older (includes 2 kings) • Periokoi- common folk in Laconia (non-citizens) • Agoge- “the upbringing”; military lifestyle beginning at age 7.

  13. Bibliography • Burckhardt, Jacob. History of Greek Culture. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1963. • Bury, J.B.. A History of Greece. Canada Limited: Random House, 1913. • Cartledge, Paul, and Antony Spawforth. Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A tale of two cities. London & New York: Routledge, 1989. • Croix, S.. The Origins of the Peloponnesian War. Cornell: Cornell University Press, 1972. • Green, Peter. A Concise History of Ancient Greece. London: Thames andHudson Ltd, 1973. • Green, Peter. The Greco-Persian Wars. London: University of California Press, 1996. • Hamilton, Charles. Sparta's Bitter Victories. Cornell: Cornell University Press, 1979. • Hodkinson, Stephen. Property and Wealth in Classical Sparta. New York: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 2000. • Jarde, A. The Formation of the Greek People. Plymoth: Mayflower Express, 1926. • Krentz, Peter. “The Nature of Hoplite Battle.” Classical Antiquity 4.1(1985) : 50-61. • Polis and Polemos: Essays on Politics, War, and History in Ancient Greece in Honor of Donald Kagan. Ed. Charles D. Hamilton & Peter Krentz. Claremont, California: Regina Books, 1997. • Powell, Anton. Athens and Sparta. 2nd. New York: Routledge, 2001. • 300. Dir. Zack Snyder. Blu-Ray. Warner Bros., 2006.

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