The importance of technology in ancient Athenian military
The Athenians are usually remembered for their focus on learning, education, architecture and the arts, although they were still powerful fighters. Their infantry was the hoplite, which was used by most if not all Greek city-states.Some ideas, such as the phalanx, were ideas from other civilizations but were still used by the Athenians. They also used triremes, which were invented by the Phoenicians. Through using these two things the Athenians were able to win some surprise victories such as the Battle of Marathon and the Battle of Salamis.
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ArchitectureAs Athens was a mighty and prosperous city, there was money available to invest in the construction of public houses. Athenians built spaces, such as temples, markets, public bathhouses and gyms and social clubs. Although the ancient Greeks erected buildings of many types, the Greek Temple best exemplifies the aims and methods of Greek architecture. The two principal orders in Archaic and Classical Greek temples architecture are the Doric and the Ionic.A third order of Greek architecture, known as the Corinthian, mostly common in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Representative temple of the Doric order is the Parthenon, of the Ionic order is Erechtheum and of the Corinthian order is the temple of Zeus, all these temples sited in Athens. The Athenians had also built an aqueduct to get water for the city.
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Science
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Ancient Athenian technologies/inventions
The water alarm clock is believed to have been invented in ancient Athens. It is said that Plato had an enormous water clock and that he possibly used it to signal the beginning of his lectures. Because the city was a democratic society and a litigious one, daily trials had to be limited and timed. The water clock included upper and lower vessels, and water was emptied from one into the other. This took several minutes. During a trail in which a large sum of money was involved, more time was needed to conduct the proceeding. So the Greeks used the simple system of emptying 10 vessels, since this took longer.