1. Athens and Sparta

2. Athens Public Life Agora Public Buildings Public market, meeting place
Center of public life
Vendors (food, art, wool, cloth, books…)
Mostly men
Public Buildings
Temples and Gov. buildings line Agora
Greek Architecture

3. Athens Private Life Homes made of mud bricks, simple. Women
Courtyard surrounded by rooms
Men, women, slaves all separated.
Women
Secluded lives at home (for protection)
Very little freedoms
Ran the home and family

4. Athens Slavery Common in Athens and all of Greece
An estimated 1/3 of Athenian population. 100,000
POWs, usually foreigners, passed down from mother
Not considered citizens, bottom social class.
Could buy freedom or be freed by their masters
Slave labor made the Greek life possible.

5. Sparta Growing up in Sparta Males At age 7 left to live in barracks
Trained for 13 years
Only given one cloak, thin mat, very little food (urged to steal)
Age 20 officially a soldier, released at 60
Age 30 became part of the assembly

6. Sparta Growing up in Sparta Females
Also trained in hand-to-hand combat
Strong, healthy women = strong, healthy babies
Could own land and businesses
Run things while men were at war
Answered to men

7. Sparta Spartan Attitude Always put the cities needs above your own
No sissies allowed
Helots (slaves)
Conquered people owned by Sparta (the city-state)
Worked the land while Spartans waged war

8. The Aegean at War The Persian Invasion 499BC-449BC Cyrus the Great
Mid-500s BC began expanding empire
520BC Persians gain control of distant Greek colonies
Battle of Marathon
Greeks unite to defend against Persians

10. The Aegean at War The Rise of Athens
After Persian War, Athens rises as most powerful
Delian League
Athens in charge
Used the League for its own purposes
Political freedom at home, suppressed other city-states
Paid tribute

11. The Aegean at War The Peloponnesian War
Sparta did not join Delian League
City-states begin to resent/fear Athens
Look to Sparta for protection
Form Peloponnesian League
431BC – 401BC
Athens vs. Sparta

12. The Aegean at War The Peloponnesian War
Athens- strong navy and wealth, bad location (vulnerable)
Sparta- warrior culture, inland
Athens brings people into city for protection
Overcrowded, Plague
Power struggles
Sparta allies with Persians, navy
Blockade 405BC
Athens surrenders 404BC