It is because of Plutarch having "Hero's" that we must be careful when analysing his work especially when Caesar is involved. M. Grant goes on to explain how Plutarch was a "Hero-worshiper, who looks at great men as a race apart" and this resulted in "superficial judgment that brings him perilously close to wholly unhistorical writers". Examples of this can be seen in Plutarch's work, such as "And the period of those wars which he now fought, and those many expeditions in which he subdued Gaul, showed him to be a soldier and general not in the least inferior to any of the greatest and most admired commanders who had ever appeared at the head of armies." And "For if we compare him with the Fabii, the Metelli, the Scipios, and with those who were his contemporaries, or not long before him, Sylla, Marius, the Luculli, or even Pompey himself, whose glory, it may be said, went up at that time to heaven for every excellence in war, we shall find Caesar's actions to have surpassed them all." We must also question how Plutarch could possibly know what exactly Caesar was thinking at that point in time. Surly 100 years after the event no one present there would be alive and even if he did get a first hand account, Caesar would have surly tried to hide the fact, after he won, that he was indecisive about continuing on into Italy. Another fact to consider is that Plutarch, and most of our sources on Caesar wrote in the Julio Claudio period which extended almost 150years after Caesars death so anything too negative wouldn't have been accepted lightly as the emperors in the period regarded Caesar as almost there founding father and the saviour of the Republic. This brings up another point of concern, if all the sources on Caesar originate from this period, do we really have a clear un-bias picture of Caesar or not.
The above source is relatively useful when looking at Caesar himself. It provides us with a slightly negative view of him which most ancient writers don't do.
In Athens women had less rights. Education was not that good in Athens. ... Athens like most of Greece had many arts. ... Ionian Island asked Athens for some help and Athens gave them it (geocities). ... Athens sent troop to defeat them and Athens was successful (geocities). ...
Athens Sparta and Athens were both thriving City States in Greece. ... In the beginning Athens was ruled by an aristocratic government. ... Athens was ruled by archons, who were elected annually. Thus, because both parts of Athens' government had leaders who were elected, Athens is said to have been the birthplace of democracy. ... In true Greek spirit, Sparta refused to burn the city of Athens. ...
The Athens would soon build a Democracy. ... Both Sparta and Athens were so different, but they do have their similarities. Sparta and Athens were both city-states. ... The Athens and Sparta also had a strength in their military; Athens: Navy, Sparta: Army. Sparta and Athens had both given us a look at what life was like in their time. ...
Athens is in central Greece, just four miles from the Aegean Sea. ... Athens created great relationships with other city-states. ... Athens turned into a democracy around 500 B.C.E. but in contrast to modern governments, Athens permitted just free men to be nationals. ... Anyway, Athens was close to the ocean, and it had a decent harbor. ... A lot of people in Athens made their clothes at home. ...
The Spartans and Athens certainly showed different ways of being great role models. ... Athens had many allies and ports in which they could trade with. ... The people of Athens led in the creation of democracy and took several centuries, but finally developed a democratic government. ... Athens had many allies and controlled most of the trading which was a great boost to the economy of Athens, which had a very powerful navy. ...
The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. ... The nobles, or Eupatridae, who ruled Athens until the mid 6th century BC, abolished the hereditary kingship of Athens in 683 BC. ... These laws however did more to hurt the democracy of Athens than to help it. ... The democracy of Athens was used in many ways other than for what it was designed for. ... When civil war almost broke out in Athens the codes and laws were once again revamped. ...
This tactic froze Athens supply of food and also any additional revenue needed to maintain Athens military. Athens strategy was to use its strong navy and pound the coastal lands of Sparta. ... Unfortunately for Athens, this did not happen. ... He knew that Athens navy could not be matched, but he didn't need to defeat the entire navy. He only needed to hold them off long enough to give his army time to march through Athens and destroy it. ...
Athens and Sparta Comparative Essay The country of Greece, in 400-500 BC was led to greatness by two poli or city-states, Athens and Sparta. ... The tremendous differences between Athens and Sparta led to many quarrels and ultimately all out war. ... Athens outlawed debt slaves while Sparta had as many slaves as they could get. ... Athens and Sparta also had completely contradictory governments. ... The tremendous differences between Athens and Sparta led to many quarrels and ultimately all out war. ...
The democracy in Athens consisted of an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. ... Lastly came the slaves who were a necessity to Athens and dependent on their master. ... There are many different advantages and disadvantages to life in both Athens and Sparta, but if I had to choose one to live in I would most likely choose Athens. ... I do appreciate the discipline of that in Sparta but the culture and lifestyle in general along with the undisputable success of that in Athens for many years, would lead me to choose Athens. ... Athens and Sparta can be compared to each other in many way...
Sparta was Drastically unlike Athens and all other city-states in this aspect. ... They had much more freedom and wealth than women in Athens. ... In Athens there was a family life, but it was often separated by genders. ... Women in Athens were not respected. ... Sparta concentrated on unity while Athens made the individual important. ...
