In Rome, leaders organized “shows” for people to watch and be entertained. Gladiators were put into the coliseum to either fight slaves, criminals, animals or Christians. They fought until someone died. People went to see these events for free to be distracted or just to have fun. These fights were violent and barbaric. Just as there are distractions in Rome, the United States today has many similar distractions, such as television, games, sports, ect. They were similar because we have shows about people killing each other and we watch sports hoping for someone to get hurt. I don’t think that the people are any different because when we see something on television we expect someone to get hurt. For example in a football game we expect to see someone get tackled.

Macedonia was a kingdom north of Greece. King Phillip II was a king of ancient Greece and he conquered Macedonia. Later on he was sadly killed by one of his guards. When he died his son Alexander the Great took over. Alexander continued his father’s dream and conquered many other lands. He took over Persia, Egypt, and all he land of India. All of the cultures combined made a new culture called the Hellenistic culture.

This war was between the two city states Athens and Sparta. Athens had the stronger Navy and Sparta had the stronger army. Pericles’ strategy was to avoid land battles and attack by sea. Eventually Sparta reached the Athens territory. They destroyed everything even the food supply. They responded by bringing people into the city. On the second year of the war the Athens were struck. One third of the population was killed, including Pericles. The war went on for years in 421 B.C. the two sides signed a truce.

What was another effect that was caused by this war?