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92Sparta and Athens
The two superpowers of ancient Greece were the city states of Sparta and Athens. How did they prosper? Surprisingly, extremely different ways. Athens had rich art and culture, while Sparta was training the toughest warriors in Greece. As time passed...
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83The Peloponnesian War
The Golden Age of Athens should have helped Greece. It should have made Greece a superpower of the ancient world but instead it brought the downfall of Greece. During the golden age Athens had prospered....
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91Roman and Greek Architectural Sculpture
In the Ancient Mediterranean World the Romans and the Greeks approached architectural decoration and sculpture according to the messages each civilization desired to relay. The messages varied and artists produced...
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84The 300 warriors of Sparta
The story of how the Sparta warriors held off the Persian army that was over 1000 times their size.
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75The Philosophy of Socrates
Born in Athens at the peak of the Athenian civilization. Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides were his contemporaries. He served for several years as a soldier. As a member of the Athenian Senate, he refused to connive in the murder of political...
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68Ancient Greek Myths- The Goddess Athena
Today, the Greek goddess Athena is famous because the capital city of Greece is Athens, Athena’s city. Perhaps the greatest landmark, amongst the many in Athens, is the Acropolis, with the Parthenon’s ruins on the top. Parthenon means temple to...
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73Was Socrates right to submit to his death?
In 399BC Socrates was sentenced to death on account of corrupting the youth of Athens. By this, the authorities claimed that he was teaching youths to question what was commonly taught to them about religion, gods and goddesses. This was coming at...
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86Ancient Sparta - The Real History of the Spartans
THE ANCIENT SPARTANS Ancient Sparta is a name that everybody knows and recognises. The bravery of Leonidas and the 300 are the heroic basis of myriad Hollywood blockbusters. The betrayal of Menelaos,...
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84Military History: Sparta v Athens
Around 2,500 years ago, the massive Persian Army came from the East to enslave the independant cities of Greece and threaten the very existence of Western civilisation. Forced with overwhelming odds, Sparta and Athens would lead a fierce resistence...
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75Pericles: the Wonderful Tyrant
Pericles, the tyrant who gave us wonderful art and architecture.
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