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Sparta depended on slaves and helots (people from a nearby settlement who were forced to work.
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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
Sparta depended on slaves and helots (people from a nearby settlement who were forced to work.
Sparta
The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
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Helots.
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The Helots were a subjugated population in Laconia and Messenia, a territory controlled by Sparta
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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