How Athens was the better city-state.

Many historians of today debate which is the most prestigious city-state of Classical Greece - Athens or Sparta. The greatest city-state of all time was Athens from which we model our modern ways after. Their laws were humane and civilized which allowed citizens to think in a free manner. Athens was not just military based like Sparta, and were involved in other valuable and important ways of life. In addition, they had the first official …

…the ocean to fight for democracy, but wont cross the street to vote in a national election ." (Bill Vaughan), it's the most powerful and priceless thing we own. All this made Athens a superior city-state without basing their whole lives on their militaristic status. If Americans, the most powerful country in the world, inhabited their ways of life from Athens and not Sparta, it obviously mean that the Athenians had the better way of life.