Spartans: "We have the best army in Greece." Athens: "Our Navy is the best in all of Greece!" Macedonia: "And we're gonna conquer you all" 😂😁😆 You may wanna put the book The Rise of Athens by Anthony Everitt on your future students. It's an excellent book of the political system and city in general. It ends in the Greeks winning independence from the Ottoman Empire. I can't remember where it started. Or you may wanna check it out yourself before doing that. One of my favorite passages is after the Greeks won at Salamis they loved the left over food the Persians brought with them and kept the cooks to try and remake the meals.
Lol, Don't forget Thebes! Alexander leveled them!! Another great "what if?" For you that I discuss with my students. If the Greeks did not soend all that time beating each other up, and also dealing with the Persians, would the Macedonian even been able to take over Greece?
I'd love to understand what cultural changes were happening as Athens gradually progressed to become a pure democracy. Obviously, no leader would make the changes they made out of the blue and if they didn't believe that the changes would be acceptable to the others in leadership. And what kind of shifts in thinking and society had occurred that the leaders even believed it would be beneficial to have more people directly involved in the government? I mean, it seems like those who hold the power are rarely willing to give up their power so what was going on beneath the surface that made this a "good" idea? I'm also intrigued by the ecclesia. What a strange concept to me. "Let's get together and gang up on somebody to get rid of him." The idea that they ostracized someone that hadn't even done anything "wrong," persay, just seems so bizarre to me.
Already took and passed your class but it is always a treat to listen to your lectures Professor.
Thank you! I have been trying when I have time to also add some shorts on new topics as well.
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Spartans: "We have the best army in Greece."
Athens: "Our Navy is the best in all of Greece!"
Macedonia: "And we're gonna conquer you all" 😂😁😆
You may wanna put the book The Rise of Athens by Anthony Everitt on your future students. It's an excellent book of the political system and city in general. It ends in the Greeks winning independence from the Ottoman Empire. I can't remember where it started. Or you may wanna check it out yourself before doing that. One of my favorite passages is after the Greeks won at Salamis they loved the left over food the Persians brought with them and kept the cooks to try and remake the meals.
Lol, Don't forget Thebes! Alexander leveled them!!
Another great "what if?" For you that I discuss with my students. If the Greeks did not soend all that time beating each other up, and also dealing with the Persians, would the Macedonian even been able to take over Greece?
I'd love to understand what cultural changes were happening as Athens gradually progressed to become a pure democracy. Obviously, no leader would make the changes they made out of the blue and if they didn't believe that the changes would be acceptable to the others in leadership. And what kind of shifts in thinking and society had occurred that the leaders even believed it would be beneficial to have more people directly involved in the government? I mean, it seems like those who hold the power are rarely willing to give up their power so what was going on beneath the surface that made this a "good" idea?
I'm also intrigued by the ecclesia. What a strange concept to me. "Let's get together and gang up on somebody to get rid of him." The idea that they ostracized someone that hadn't even done anything "wrong," persay, just seems so bizarre to me.