Because they don't want distraction from these kind of things, so they can't practice fighting or train. They give their loyalty completely to their polis (their city)
Because Sparta was very ancient. They would believe the gods would get angry with them and stop with there services. The Spartans were very mush set-in-their-ways and traditions and did not favor change.
Athens and Sparta fought in the Peloponnesian War.
Athens, Sparta and Corinth were the big city-states.
A fleet from an alliance of southern Greek cities led by Sparta.
The Persians did not have a war with Sparta. They invaded mainland Greece to put an end to their interference in supporting uprisings of Greek cities in Persian-ruled Asia. They were repelled by a coalition of city-states from southern Greece, of which Sparta was but one.
Sparta would not let its citizens travel to other cities unless they were fighting
Because Sparta was very ancient. They would believe the gods would get angry with them and stop with there services. The Spartans were very mush set-in-their-ways and traditions and did not favor change.
All Greek city-states required their citizens to be trained in warfare and attend monthly drills as a means of survival.in an environment of ongoing fighting between the cities. As Sparta had a serf population which provided for the citizens, they did not have to work the land for subsistence and so could afford to do the training continuously.
Fourteen cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, or villages in the US carry the moniker "Sparta".
Military service
Military service
Military service
Athens and Sparta
Athens, Sparta, and Olympia.
Sparta and Athens
Athens and Sparta.
Fourteen cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, or villages in the US carry the moniker "Sparta".