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The Spartan army varied over time. At the battle of Plataea in 479 BCE it had 5,000 hoplites (armoured infantry) and 35,000 light infantry. It's later losses reduced it to 3,000 hoplites and it became less and less competitive and eventually ceased to be a significant power.

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