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Facts
1. Sparta was the capital of the Greek
region of Laconia. The word laconic in modern English is derived from
the taciturn attitude of hardened Spartan soldiers.
2. To prove their toughness, Spartan boys competed to see
how much whipping they could endure.
3. Many of the buildings on the Acropolis in Athens,
including the famous Parthenon, were constructed during the
city’s golden age in the fifth century BC.
4.The Athenians experienced a major setback when a plague broke out in 430 B.C.
Between one-third and two-thirds of the Athenian population died, including the
prominent general Pericles.
1. Sparta was the capital of the Greek
region of Laconia. The word laconic in modern English is derived from
the taciturn attitude of hardened Spartan soldiers.
2. To prove their toughness, Spartan boys competed to see
how much whipping they could endure.
3. Many of the buildings on the Acropolis in Athens,
including the famous Parthenon, were constructed during the
city’s golden age in the fifth century BC.
4.The Athenians experienced a major setback when a plague broke out in 430 B.C.
Between one-third and two-thirds of the Athenian population died, including the
prominent general Pericles.