CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture : Classics.docx
23 Apr 2014
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Product of farms paid for equal citizenship. Achievement of unity lead sparta to enjoy power but unity sparta allowed them to enjoy stability: one of few cities not to suffer a period of civil conflict/social strike. Athens in 6th century was very different in the sense that the beginning of the. Contrast athens and sparta, athens: ordinary farmer was at risk to become a century caused turmoil. servent to richer athenians. Athenian disunity and crisis due to impoverishment athenian farmers. Reduced to state of dependency to landowner. Sold into debt slavery as well (some athenians: could not pay debt, sold into slavery. Fits with normative pattern- complexity, stratification, social-economic elite take. Athens was following this pattern in history which is typical for societies in control general: greece had taken a very different path, era of the polis was farmers making decisions for themselves. Ordinary farmers were dominated by eupatrid (rich) Huge discontent at becoming dependant and enslaved to the wealthy.
