right? Known as the father of philosophy, Socrates, a proud Greek Athenian, strived to understand and answer the fundamental questions of education, politics, and ethics. At the age of seventy, Socrates was charged before an Athenian widely held court for not believing in the Olympian gods (impiety) and the corruption of youth. Despite the masterful and witty defense (apologia), Socrates could not convince his jury of fellow Athenian citizens of his innocence. Socrates, found guilty by a narrow margin
Global History - Due: 20 April 2015 Tutorial: Friday 9am Compare and contrast concepts of citizenship in the ancient world? To what extent were they similar? To what extent were they different? Discuss more specifically how the concept of citizenship developed in the Roman world and how it served Roman expansionism The Roman empire throughout it’s peek was seen to develop and expand its fringes further into Europe, indeed, this was heavily due to the notion and introduction of citizenship with
intellectual importance, the people of Athens were in awe of their superior strategos Pericles. Regarded as "the first citizen of Athens" (Thucydides, 2.65), Pericles influential power and political career was secured from approximately 461 BCE, until his death in 429 BCE. His father Xanthippus was a renowned general and his mother Agariste, niece of the powerful Cleisthenes and member of the noble Alchmaeonidae family. Pericles favourable upbringing would assist his rise to greatness. The Athenian statesman
possessed political power. In particular, in Sparta, the most important political figures were: the two kings, coming from two different families (Le Agiadi and the Erypontidi), the Ephors, the Gerousia and the popular assembly. The two kings, unlike what is generally thought, didn't have much influence, and were flanked by the Ephors in the performance of executive functions. The Ephors, were five magistrates, elected by the people, who remained in office for a year. The Ephors had been created to
policies. When people speak of Democracy, voting, and elections the portrait painted is one of great buildings of marble and stone, alabaster-colored and regal in stature. Such an image is associated with many
the reasons behind the Athenians beliefs that were at par with the Spartans, hence allowing them to flourish. While most credit the second installment of the Persian wars with the birth of the Athenian renaissance, one could argue that Marathon was the catalyst for, and much of the reason behind, the Athenians’ belief that they were on par with the Spartans — which allowed them to flourish (Ctesias n.p). Had Marathon been a defeat and Athens annihilated, the Western democracy, culture, art and philosophy
first citizen of Athens”. Pericles promoted the arts and literature; he is actually one of the main reasons Athens held the reputation as the educational and the cultural capital of the ancient Greek world. He also encouraged the development of democracy so much that critics called him a populist. He was the son of a politician named Xanthippus. His mother, Agariste,was a member of the powerful and controversial noble family of the
Manin, (1997)74 in his work “The Principles of Representative Government" discusses the thoughts of Rousseau and examines the complex relationship that exists between the ideal of democracy and the representative government. He discusses at length the western political thought starting from the Athenian Democracy and the various political practices that existed in the western world. The result of this study is a deep and thoughtful exploration of the relationship that existed between the democratic
Ancient Greek literature offers us a variety of instances. Bowden in his book about divination and democracy in classical Athens, states that divination in the field of politics was of major importance «for its ability (at least in theory) to oppose authority, and to serve as a resistance mechanism, hence ensuring that leaders are not seen to act entirely on their own initiative over matters where
impressed with their nation and thus grew in excitement for Germany’s potential as a world power, nationalism would subsequently increase. Because nationalism was already on the rise within Germany as a result of the rise of the Nazi party, the importance lay in international propaganda. Germany was determined to look its best on the world stage, and did so by ridding the nation of any evidence of anti-Semitism. The Nazi party was afraid of anti-Nazi propaganda because of the violence against Jews