The Spartans focused on military skills to control the people they conquered.People they conquered were not citizens. They used the practice of ostracizing to get citizens to conform.
Who is they. The citizens of Sparta lived in Sparta. The citizens of Athens lived in Athns. Each preferred their own city, which is why they were citizens of that city.
They were democracies, so the government responded to th citizens.
in Sparta were only free men citizens?
Athens had citizens as the upper class Sparta's upper class was called equals not citizens.
An assembly of the Spartan citizens.
Sparta was not an oligarchy, it was a limited democracy. The council put major problems to the assembly of citizens. This was unavoidable as the army was comprised of the ordinary citizens, and they had to be consulted to keep them on-side.
Neither. Sparta was an oligarchy where nobles of a certain rank had direct power of the citizens and non-citizens (helots) in Sparta. Citizens who were not from these noble families and non-citizens had no power to promote their views.You are likely thinking of Athens which was a direct democracy.
The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
Sparta controls nothing
Sparta would not let its citizens travel to other cities unless they were fighting
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