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Athens & Sparta

Athens & Sparta. Comparing Two City-States. Athens. Sparta. Population. Total 140,000 40,000 men were citizens 40,000 slaves. Population. Total 100,000 About 8,000 were adult male citizens . Government. Direct Democracy The Assembly open to all citizens Male Own land 18 years old

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Athens & Sparta

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  1. Athens & Sparta Comparing Two City-States

  2. Athens Sparta

  3. Population • Total 140,000 • 40,000 men were citizens • 40,000 slaves

  4. Population • Total 100,000 • About 8,000 were adult male citizens

  5. Government • Direct Democracy • The Assembly open to all citizens • Male • Own land • 18 years old • No political roles for women

  6. Government • Oligarchy, but it had elements of • Monarchy • Democracy • Aristocracy • Assembly • Males age 30 and up • No political roles for women

  7. Social Structure • Freemen: All male citizens • Top - Aristocrats • Middle - Small farmers • Bottom - Thetes (craftsmen) • Metics – foreigners • Women • Rarely seen outside the home • No rights • Slaves – no rights

  8. Social Structure • Spartiates: • Military professionals • Land was farmed by serfs • Could vote • Perioeci: • Free men • Could not vote or serve in the army • Foreigners • Helots: • Slaves • Women had few rights but more independence

  9. Military • Strong navy • Trireme

  10. Military • Strong army "Either come back with your shield or on it."

  11. Spartan Scytale

  12. Life Style & Values • Democratic • Participation in government as a civic responsibility • Cultural superiority • Arete • Empire • Trade

  13. Life Style & Values • Militaristic values • Children of citizens were raised to be “Spartan” • Infanticide • Children were taught to respect: • Elderly • Women • Warriors

  14. Education • Boys: • Reading, writing, mathematics, music, poetry, sport and gymnastics • Went to school from age 5 to 18 • Some went to an academy for philosophy, ethics and rhetoric • Citizen boys entered a military training camp for two years • Girls: • Little formal education • Spinning, weaving and other domestic arts

  15. Education • Boys: • Taken from parents at age seven • Trained in the art of warfare • Joined the military at 20 • Girls: • Educated at age 7 in reading, writing, gymnastics, athletics and survival skills • Could participate in sports • Treated more as equals

  16. Role of Women • Kept at home with no participation in sports or politics • Wives were considered property of their fathers or husbands • Some women held high posts in the religious life of Athens

  17. Role of Women • Assigned a husband at age 18 • Enjoyed a great deal of freedom • Could own and control their own property • In times of war, could oversee husband's property

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