Athenian Culture Vs Spartan Culture

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There are many aspects of the Athenian and Spartan culture that helped theses city- states excel. I think the Spartans treated the women and slaves better than the Athenians did. This is an important aspect of the success of Sparta. If I could live in Athens or Sparta I would choose Sparta.

According to my History Alive book, “Both men and woman lived the same simple life”. This is the first reason that Sparta was superior is the Spartan women had more important jobs than than the Athenian women did. Some of the Spartan women’s jobs included, looking after their husbands property while they were at war, and while the Athenian women did wear jewelry the Spartan’s didn’t. Furthermore the Spartan women were expected to fight in wars.