Movie

Today in Honors Western Civilization we watched a movie about Ancient Greece that covered everything from Aristocrats to gods and goddesses. Some of the notes I took during the movie:
-Spartans were expected to leave home to go and train at army barracks at the age of 7
-They would start real battle at age 30
-They were expected to serve until they were 60
-Spartans wore red capes to hide their blood from the enemies
-He did not like that which made him take over Athens and start a democratic government
-Greeks diet is made up of grains, olive, and fish
-Greece is right next to the Persian Empire
-The Mediterranean is located right under Greece
-The seas around Greece functioned as water ways for trading and a huge place to get fish
-potters workshops were located in the caracas
-Greek potters came up with a complete new style of painting
-Hippias was a tyrant and took advantage of his power
-Cleisthenes took control of Athens heroically and introduced Democracy
-The Olympics gave Greeks the oppurtunity to display their heroism like the gods
-When Isagoras took control the Greeks took matters into their own hand and overthrew him

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