AHCL 2105H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Synoecism, Second Messenian War, Dorian Invasion

• School: Trent University
• Department: Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
• Course: AHCL 2105H
• Professor: Lockwood Sean

Document Summary

Sparta was one of the most important and powerful polis of ancient greece: very diferent from other places, excepion rather than the rule. Fundamental level- society was focused on the military: arisic output isn"t important. Ruled by kings, unacceptable in many other polios. War-like and minimalist society: spartan- bare minimum, laconic- english word from laconia. Alternate name for the spartans is the lacedaemonian. Commonly believed the sparta was very stable, a lot of patrioism, had an order that worked (great model: spartan mirage- referring to the fact that people saw sparta as a great model. Sparta was an important bronze age setlement, destroyed around 1200 bc: recovery was slow, in comparison of other places in ancient greece. 900 is when new iron age setlements began to appear. Spartans spoke a dialecic of greek called dorian (related to the idea that the. Dorians" caused the destrucion at the end of the bronze age: spartans believed the dorian invasion myth.