Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome
Acknowledgments Thank you to Cynthia Sherry Lisa Rosenthal Hoga rth Rita Baladad Fran Lee Curt and Linda Matthews Mark Suchomel Kathy Mirkin Mark Voigt Susan Sewall and the rest of the team at Chicago Review Press A huge thanks for another enjoyable project
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THE ACE OF GREECE Ancient Greece was an area but never one nation The people lived in city states that were independent and were often at war with each other Although they were sometimes competitive all the city states shared the same language and customs Because of the rugged land most people settled in river valleys or along the coast In time the population grew too large for the food supply so Greek city states began to set up colonies in other places Greeks sailed around the Mediterranean Sea in search of locations for new settlements A landless Greek could go to a colony and become a landowner Others just wanted to go for the adven ture The colonists took a sacred flame from the hearth of the city state When the new colony was built and secure it broke ties with the city state Two city states became the most important and powerful Sparta and Athens They were both homes to Greek citizens who spoke the same language wor shipped the same gods and were located only one hundred miles apart Yet life was very different in these two city
MAP OF ANCIENT GREECE Macedonia Mr Olympus baris Crotone Delphi Athens Carthage Sicily A Sparta Rhodes Africa Crete Mediterranean Sea ANCIENT CREECE SPARTA People in Sparta wanted order and stability Nearly every part of life was controlled by the law and the city state was ruled by kings Most Spartan citizens didn't work they lived off the proceeds from the pub lic lands worked by slaves and noncitizens At about age six children were sent to live in training bar racks Boys learned military arts and virtues like dis cipline obedience toughness and endurance Girls learned things they needed to know to run a home and take care of a family when they grew up Girls also spent a lot of energy on sports and athletics Spartans wanted girls to be strong so they would bear strong children When boys reached the age of
