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Democracy Created From The Fall Of Democracy |
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Saturday, 31 October 2009 01:55 |
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My Thoughts On The Historical Impact Of The Athenian Spartan War
Throughout history, Peloponnesian War remains one of the most indelible civil wars in human history. It is one of the first documented conflicts where members of the same society engage in extended conflict over political and agricultural differences. It is also one of the first conflicts where we have well documented accounts.
However, one element that may not surface on the radar of most is how pivotal the Peloponnesian War was on our current form of Western democracy. In fact, in this paper I will demonstrate that had this conflict not ended the way it did, our form of democracy surely would have.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 October 2009 01:59 )
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Sunday, 30 August 2009 22:14 |
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I thought this might be interesting.
So, I am taking a class in Ancient Greek history and have found out something interesting regarding the site I have built here. So, there have been a number of times I have been writing a paper or posting a discussion question and remembered a reference from an ancient document but could not remember were. Then, I remembered I built the Lycurgus.org search engine to index all of the ancient pieces. So, lets say I want to find out where all of the references to Alcibiades are, I simply type it into the search engine and wah lah, I see all the references!
Kinda a cool thing that is actually useful. Hope you find it useful as well.
Adam
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Steven Pressfields New Video Blog |
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To place some great historical context around the problems in Afghanistan,
check out the newest video blog from our friend Steven Pressfield.
Check it out!
Adam
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 21:49 |
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During the amazing class I am in for my Masters in Military Strategy, I was asked to write a paper about how I viewed the importance of maritime power in Ancient Greece. This is what I wrote:
"I have Themistocles the Athenian."
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:32 )
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:17 |
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There is a great academic debate that has transcended history regarding Lycurgus the Law Giver of Sparta. The debate focuses on whether or not this legendary leader actually existed or was he an amalgumation of myths that have lived throughout Spartan history. Why is this so heavily debated? In my opinion, as all of these blog posts are in, it is because he was such an amazing leader who lived principles that far surpassed their time. His rhetras are in many respects now emerging in our current time as revolutionary. The concept of equality (except the helots which many speculate was after his time), the concept of frugality and the concept of decreasing the reliance on materialism are all things that modern society would find appealing.
So what evidence exists that Lycurgus lived other than the writings of Plutarch? Not much. Even Plutarch raised this debate which indicates that even in his time many questioned. At the end of the day, I chose to believe Lycurgus did exist. Why? Besides the details left to us by Plutarch, it is very difficult to believe that Sparta, as a Society could have lived for such a long period of time (over two centuries) living by such stringent rules (or rhetras). Aside from minor changes (such as the introduction of the ephors) the "concept" of Lycurgus had held Sparta a major, disciplined power far longer than any other civilization under similar stringent laws.
As mentioned above, it would probably still have lived on if the greed spawned by war and facilitated by Lysander did not take hold. Who knows, maybe in these times of economic turmoil, the principles of Lycurgus will once again take hold and help stabilize society focusing on a balance of equality and sustainability. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:39 )
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