The Athenians were Ionian Greeks, the Spartans were Doric Greeks. They shared the same gods, and values, bonded in the Amphictyonic cultural league, participating in the same Games.
Some times they were allies, sometimes enemies.
The same differences and similarities affected all Greek city-states at various times. It also exists in all cultures throughout the world , then and now. Thats humans.
Athens built more ships.
Athens was a democracy and had more liberal (for that time) thinking and had good navy. Sparta was a oligarchy was more conservative and militaristic and had great army. In the war between them (Peloponnesian war), Sparta won.
The war was between Athens and Sparta, city-states of ancient Greece. Athens and Sparta engaged in a long and costly struggle, the Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC) and the more martial society, Sparta, eventually triumphed. (Sparta's victory provides a warning that, in a struggle between autocracy and democracy, democratic peoples cannot assume that freedom will triumph.)
The main cause of the Peloponnesian War was Sparta's fear of Athens' growth. Sparta feared the growth and the power of Athens. As Athens gained more control and power in the Delian League, a coalition of Greek states whose purpose was to provide a navy for defense against the Persians, Sparta was concerned its own power would be reduced and Athens would take over. The rivalry between Sparta and Athens. C. Sparta's fear and jealousy of the power and wealth of athens.
Military training, having a serf population to support them while the Athenians had to farm and do military training in their spare time.
Ancient Sparta focused more on military achievements and ancient Athens thought more of academic knowledge. Athens were a democracy and Sparta was an oligarchy
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Athens was more artistic and Sparta was more tougher at war
Athens's finnancial differences from Sparta were that Sparta had alot more gold and Athens had alot more credit.
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no, Sparta and Athens were both the wealthiest city-states in Ancient and Classical Greece. they were totaly different city-states, Athens was the largest, but frankly Sparta is just more famous!
The Athens cared more about education, but the Spartans cared more about military.
Athens had a record of being one of the most smart and well educated city-state in ancient Greece.
Athens were generally more interlectual and Sparta was generally more warlike but it's your opinion
Sparta has more geographic area than Athens on the map.