{"id":87321,"date":"2024-02-13T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=87321"},"modified":"2024-02-12T15:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:08:48","slug":"greek-history-and-civilisation-part-2-sparta-and-athens-contrasting-societies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/02\/13\/greek-history-and-civilisation-part-2-sparta-and-athens-contrasting-societies\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek History and Civilisation, Part 2 &#8211; Sparta and Athens: Contrasting Societies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PoESshcJC5c?si=UWmQglfIj40o8UGs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>seangabb<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Feb 11, 2024<\/p>\n<p>This second lecture in the course contrasts Athens and Sparta, the two leading societies in Greece &mdash; one a commercial society with high levels of personal freedom and citizen participation, the other a militarised oligarchy.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>NR<\/strong>: Some additional information to supplement Dr. Gabb&#8217;s lecture:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/11\/24\/qotd-citizenship-in-the-ancient-and-classical-world\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Citizenship&#8221; in the ancient and clasical world<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/06\/30\/qotd-sparta-had-lycurgus-while-athens-had-solon-who-at-least-actually-existed\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sparta had Lycurgus, while Athens had Solon \u2026 who at least actually existed<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/10\/26\/the-constitution-of-athens\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Constitution of Athens<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/04\/12\/the-constitution-of-the-spartans\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Constitution of the Spartans<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/01\/28\/qotd-the-myth-of-spartan-equality\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Myth of Spartan Equality<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/08\/03\/qotd-relative-wealth-among-the-spartiates\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Relative wealth among the <em>Spartiates<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/09\/25\/qotd-spartas-military-reputation-as-the-best-warriors-in-all-of-greece\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sparta\u2019s military reputation as \u201cthe best warriors in all of Greece\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/08\/15\/qotd-sparta-the-north-korea-of-the-classical-era\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sparta \u2013 the North Korea of the Classical era<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/01\/28\/qotd-spartan-glossary\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spartan glossary<\/a>]<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Books by Sean Gabb: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbksxTlQ1U004Skt1ZGU5eTZQM0hsTVZXeGxRd3xBQ3Jtc0tuOWU5X2VFYnVGendyaXhxN1VyWXgtbmN1OTNFNXhJekhfck0yZG9VOU5wREh0el9QbVlid25jekRDWkcxZDJMM2VQWjNDYUpBTmJna0JoQnpwenR2RU53TE84MjFGSUNvTHV0bEV5cnI3bjB2aDhOSQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fkindle-dbs%2Fentity%2Fauthor%2FB0034Q418E%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26node%3D266239%26offset%3D0%26pageSize%3D12%26searchAlias%3Dstripbooks%26sort%3Dauthor-sidecar-rank%26page%3D1%26langFilter%3Ddefault%23formatSelectorHeader&#038;v=PoESshcJC5c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/kindle-dbs\/e&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His historical novels (under the pen name &#8220;Richard Blake&#8221;): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1RZc2E5bkVDZEp5SkpKNDF4RnlPZzB6d0lIQXxBQ3Jtc0ttV25ReFg2X2tnNHEzNmQ0WUhzYnVLaDAtemtBU2JFM2VTemlna3BwUk5BdTI5YmpCX0xSTHJMaXNWd3haX1J1RDlmekpaT0Z0eHR2b29Ic1I0ZXFkb3g4NnZpNC02a0NTX1NlZ0dMMXFTYkJQd05vOA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FRichard-Blake%2Fe%2FB005I2B5PO&#038;v=PoESshcJC5c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Richard-Blak&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If you have enjoyed this lecture, its author might enjoy a bag of coffee, or some other small token of esteem: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkM5cEhmLVB5aF8tS2p2VU8wV1FjUVZRaXBvUXxBQ3Jtc0tuNmtheDBBQTNiUi1Ec0F6Nkh0cE5vekRvRmNFVk5ZaUtfRVJHT2Y3QXI2V0VVNW14QktzQVVxS0x2bXF3dmVzekUteHR4SmN5SWlZNlFLRVAteC1JSHZUa1k2RUdQZ2Rfc1VOVkVoWFVsM2hWNUJ2SQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fhz%2Fwishlist%2Fls%2F3HSH7EF410352%3Fref_%3Dwl_share&#038;v=PoESshcJC5c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/hz\/wishlist\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seangabb Published Feb 11, 2024 This second lecture in the course contrasts Athens and Sparta, the two leading societies in Greece &mdash; 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