Richest Greek city/state - History Forum
2014年1月20日 · It had all the other Greek city/states paying tribute to support its navy that defended everyone against the Persians. When the Persians were defeated other city/states wanted to stop paying tribute and Athens made the BIG MISTAKE of destroying an island population that refused to pay tribute, leading to Sparta coming in and defeating its ...
Questions about ancient city states in greece and ancient city …
2023年3月18日 · The Ancient Greek poleis developed during the Archaic period as the ancestors of the Ancient Greek city, state and citizenship and persisted (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times, when the equivalent Latin word was civitas, also meaning 'citizenhood', whilst municipium in Latin meant a non-sovereign town or city. The term ...
What city-states were there in Ancient Greece other than Athens …
2017年4月30日 · There were many more. Most famous city-states beside Athens and Sparta are probably Thebes and Corinth. Thebes is famous mostly for its victory against the Spartans at Leuctra in 371 BC which ended Spartan hegemony and established short-living Theban dominance over other Greek cities.
The cities of Ancient Greece | History Forum - historum.com
2011年5月6日 · Ancient Greek civilization was a civilization of a distinctively urban character, as the majority of the ancient Greek lived in cities and towns (according to Hansen 2006, the total walled area of all Greek cities totalled 500 square kilometers, that was nearly 40 times the walled area of late Imperial Rome*, enough to house about 60-70% of ...
How was the Hellenistic Period different from the Classical Period …
2023年9月25日 · The narrator starts with the podcast with the history of Ancient Greece before there really was an Ancient Greek culture in the stone age. There are over 100 episodes. But the narrator seems to have stopped at the Pelopponesian War. I know that the Classical Period of Ancient Greece was the time period of Ancient Greece before Alexander the Great.
Why didn't the Greeks had a diverse empire? | History Forum
2024年2月21日 · None of the Greek city-states ever built a large land empire, at most one powerful city like Athens might lead a coalition of allies and colonies that could command the seas and control trade, but for the most part all of these areas would be populated by Greeks and they wouldn't have tried to impose their rule on the other peoples living further inland.
Size of Homes in Ancient Greece - History Forum
2015年2月28日 · As said by Nick Fields, Ancient Greek fortifications, 2006, "At Olynthos abundant supplies of clay were available for domestic structures and fortifications walls, whereas stone was evidently scarce. Similarly, Mantineia, re-established by the Thebans, sat in an upland plain with an inexhaustible supply of clay, whereas it stone quarries were ...
Which type of democracy has historically worked out best for the …
2022年3月23日 · History of direct democracy Levels of direct democracy have been practised in certain countries such as Switzerland and USA, with ancient Greece being the forefather. Britannica encycopedia The most important historical reference of direct democracy is to assembly democracy in ancient Greek city-states , particularly Athens , where decisions ...
Inscriptions in Ancient Ephesus - History Forum
2014年6月18日 · Your comment on the Romans seems to be correct. But the ancient city of Philippi seems a little different because there appears to be more inscriptions in Latin (I am talking of the Roman era now , say 20-10 B.C. to approx. 250 A.D.) than in Greek. Or for ancient Philippi - there are just as many Latin inscriptions as Greek inscriptions.
Why did the Nabateans built Petra in the Greek style?
2016年9月25日 · Greek language and Greek cultural characteristics were a way to modernity for the local population which of course hold a deep cultural heritage. But you can see for example how fast and relatively effortlessly great Phoenicean cities tended not to …