CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Polis, Great Council Of Venice, Phyle
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Many issues facing archaic communities economic issues land hunger/pressure changes in distribution of wealth theognis political issues competition between aristocrats spinning out of control violence representation of the people demos. Sparta broad, rich, agricultural valley defined by mountains on either side not very close to the sea, river runs through this area. Sparta never truly urban city that never fully urbanized spans about five villages four villages around central village that is current day sparta. Mount ethome mycenae is below place where battles took place spartan invasions. Land pressure at one point, spartans conquer messenia expand to almost double size enormous quantities of good agricultural land conquer one of the few poleis that expand quote by tyrtaeus in mid-7th century b. c. : to our king, theopomposdear to the gods, through whom we seized messene with its wide spaces, messene good for ploughing, good for planting. Lacedaemon the so called partheniai, who were the [illegitimate] sons of the.
