Greek City-States
By: Katie Hawk
Pericles and Cleomenes were leaders of the two most powerfful city-states of greece
Pericles and Cleomenes
Pericles
Cleomenes I
Cleomenes I was one of the city-state Sparta's leader. Cleomenes had a good and generous soul. Sparta's leader's birthdate is unknown. He died 489 B.C. sadly. Cleomenes reigned from 520 through 490 B.C. His father was Anaxdrides II. Cleomenes was forced to flee Sparta when his half brothers found out his evil plot. So his half brothers Leonidas I and Cleombrotus put him in prison. Soon after that on 489 B.C. Cleomenes committed suicide.
What were City-States in Ancient Greece?
What were the city-states of Ancient Greece like?
In Ancient Greece a city-state was called a polis. Most of the time in the middle of the city-state there was an Acropolis. An acropolis is a natural harbor. In Greece each city-state had there own social, religious, judicial, and political institutions. People that lived in Greek city-states usually lived more in the city than the farmland. Each city-state or polis were involved in international affairs. In Ancient Greece there were usually one or more temples in each city-state. In most Greek city-states all male citizens had equal political rights based on property ownership. Each city-state had its own boundaries, written laws and currency.
The city-states history was often represented by statues. While each city-city had its own identity, the collection of city-states made up the country of Greece.