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Saturday, 14 March 2009 04:25 |
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Weekly Challenge Question: Where is this and what happened there?
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 March 2009 04:31 )
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 00:05 |
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Upcoming Features
I am pleased to also announce we will be implementing some new features on Lycurgus.org. One feature we are excited about will be a new battle section that will map out ancient battles and provide some visual context as to where they happened. A second feature will be an online audio book player that will surface audio books from the public domain. This will let you listen to the ancient texts while reading them!
Please feel free to post any feature requests in the forum.
Thank you for visiting!
Adam
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Did Lysander Cause The Downfall of Sparta? |
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Sunday, 08 March 2009 06:38 |
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I have a theory, please feel free to push back, but in my humble opinion Lysander was the catalyste for the fall of Sparta. So, why do I say this? Let me explain my theory.
Lycurgus (namesake for this site) forbade the focus on currency via the Rhetras...not forbade money itself but really tried to divert the obession with money by turning it to a worthless metal. After this, so the story goes (we will blog about this disputed point later) Sparta began to focus her productive output on items that were utilitarian as opposed to an endless pursuit of money. According to Plutarch, this had an impact on theft and other currency related vices.
So, for hundreds of years afterwards, Sparta rose and rose to power to ultimately be a dominate nation. Then war with Athens.
As the war progressed and the balance of power shifted, a well know figure entered the scene...my favorite ancient figure Alciabedes. It was written that he, on exile from Athens (and hanging out during the Syracusian calamity) prompted Lysander to surface the idea of asking Persia for money. This was, of course, a foriegn idea to the Spartans but because timing was right seemed to take hold.
After, Sparta and Persia became fiscally connected. Did this begin the decline of Sparta? I am sure the selected eugenics had some impact but in my opinion the fall began with the rise of money.
Time for bed.
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Sunday, 08 March 2009 00:14 |
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Welcome to the new Ancient Greek Warfare Blog.
After years of reading and exploring the ancient texts, many questions come to mind. Like, if Alcibiades had been successful at Syracuse (had he been allowed to finish his plan) would that have had a significant impact on the outcome of the Peloponnesian War? If so, would Athens had transformed its democracy into the democracy that formed post Spartan occupation? And if so, would Western Civilization be the way it is today?
This question, and others, are what I would like to explore in this section of Lycurgus.org. More importantly, I would like to start the dialogue around these questions and hope to have those who are smarter than I (which I know there are many) comment and provide insight. I also will say that this, like many blogs, will not be written perfectly. So please excuse the grammar, sentence structure, and style....I write like I think and focus more on thinking than writing.
If you would like to join the conversation or perhaps write some articles of your own, just drop me a line by registering now.
Let the journey begin!
Adam
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