how did the Spartans fall?

Question

i allways wanted to know

Answer 1

Hi Breanna,

You got a lot of responses, but nobody actually gave you a straight answer to your straight-forward question.

The reason the Spartans eventually fell to Rome was because the Spartans (and the other Greek City-States) couldn't get over their mistrust of each other to present a unified front against the might of Rome. Thus, Rome took all of them on one-by-one. If the Spartans, the Athenians, Thebans, etc. had all allied with each other, they never would have been taken by Rome. It was a classic case of "Divide and Conquer."

Hope this answer helps. Cheers.

Answer 2

The previous answerer obviously either has no knowledge of Greek history or hasn't heard of the movie "300."

Similarly to the Roman Empire, the fall of the Greek city-states, including Sparta did not happen over night, but with time. The constant warring wore them down the most. After Being called into service throughout the Persian War (especially Thermopolye in 300) depleted their population. After the Pelopennesian War (war against Athens) they were extremely weak and so it was only a matter of time until they lost all their former glory. Then it was just a matter of the Romans coming in and taking over.

Answer 3

-404 B.C. Sparta took control of Athens after a long and brutal war against Athens (431-404 B.C.). This war greatly weakens Sparta

-403 B.C. Sparta suffers a setback as there forces are expelled from Athens and restored their independence.

-338 B.C. Sparta is no longer able to continue the rule of Greece. The power in Greece shifted from Sparta to Thebes. This is the end of "Sparta Militarism" Sparta lost all their slaves and the men had to work on the farms and they couldn't train all day.

-Sparta was never entered by Philip of Macedon nor Alexander the Great it remained independent. For all practical purposes Sparta was not really independent. It was in no position to offer resistance.

- 222-149 B.C. War broke out among the Greek city states. Rome intervened and took control of Greece 148 B.C. Sparta actually prospered under Roman rule.

It wasn't the Romans who destroyed Sparta it was the Goths in A.D. 395 they razed the city.

The Man responsible for this devistation Alaric.

Answer 4

Actually, Sparta won its war against Athens and ruled that city for a short while. It was Thebes that first beat Sparta, at the battle of Leuctra. It managed to keep its independence under Alexander the Great, but was forced into something called the Achaean League. Then the Romans got it, and it became a tourist attraction. Really. Anyway, the city still exists.

Answer 5

they fell like all Greek phalanxes, they were surrounded from behind. The Roman legions easily beat the phalanxe later in next century after Thermopylye. The phalanxe was pretty impregnable against frontal assault, but too unwieldy to meet flank or rear attacks....anyway the Persians were able to sneak behinds the Spartans at Thermopolye

Answer 6

I'll assume the movie 300 perked your interest.

Look at the Macedonians and the war between Athens and Sparta. Those are some huge answers.

Answer 7

they were very set in their was and couldn't or wouldn't change. when they had almost all of greece against them, they couldn't send troops for a long period of time to fight either. if they did, their slaves, that outnumbered them by a considerable number, would revolt. they couldn't hold up against the pressure

Answer 8

The U.S went to war with them to steal there oil, and loom for th weapons of mass destruction that dont exist

Answer 9

you mean spartacus' army? well the roman soldiers tracked the runaway slaves (approximately 70,000 runaways) and defeated them in battle.

Answer 10

they were pushed, ask humpty.