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The Helots were a subjugated population in Laconia and Messenia, a territory controlled by Sparta
because they needed to make sure the helots (servants) didn't rebel against them because the helots outnumbered them greatly
The Spartans used Helots to till their land. These were, however, not slaves but serfs - that is they were bound to the land and delivered half their produce to Sparta. They were also used in war as light infantry, and the best of them freed from serfdom after good performance.
Even counting its helots, Sparta's population did not come anywhere near Athens' quarter million.
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The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
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The Helots were a subjugated population in Laconia and Messenia, a territory controlled by Sparta
Spartans needed to be able to keep helots at bay
Slaves or enslaved people in Sparta were called helots.
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The main problem in Sparta was that the helots, or slaves would often rebel and invading countries would often arm the helots who outnumbered the Spartans 4 to 1
Helots were serfs - that is they were bound to their plot of land, and to deliver part of its produce to the owner, the city-state of Sparta.