Did they have shops or stores in ancient Sparta?

Answer 1

Ancient Sparta was a military city-state that battled for dominance amongst the other city-states, including Athens. Sparta more than likely had a market place, but not a store in which all money would go to employees and a private owner, as well as other necessities. In a market place people would go to sell their goods in a designated area. They usually had to pay a tax to an owner of the market, but other than that they were a sort of shop owner of whatever they sold. People also had to pay to get into a market place, usually.