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Why did the city-state of Sparta do with babies who were born weak?
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∙ 14y ago
To test if they were worthy, a spartan would dip the baby in freezing water, and if they came out blue and/or shivering, they would leave them in a pit to starve, die of thirst, or be eaten by animals.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoSo that only those who were strong and could fully serve Sparta would receive the benefit/honor of living there.
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∙ 13y agoThey examined them. If they had any imperfections at all, they were left on a mountain to fend for themselves. Obviously, they never survived.
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∙ 12y agowell, they were um taken to the agoge system where they were trained :) hope this helped.... go onto Google and search it up.
yours, hehehehe
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∙ 11y agoThey send him to suck and lick my balls :)
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What Greek City State's government inspected new babies?
Sparta. If they were considered deformed or too weak they were thrown down a cliff.
Did sparten kids die if they were weak?
No they didn't die, they were killed. Weak babies. children and people in Sparta were not allowed. They were bred to be fighters, to be warriors and to be the best. So anything subpar was killed.
Why are Sparta better than Athens?
Athens is better then Sparta because Athens didnt throw out babies because they were weak! Anyway, Athens is better just because:}:}:}:}:]Another ViewYet Athenian women were kept in virtual slavery at home, whereas in Sparta they were free to participate in community life. And a third of the Athenian population were owned slaves, whereas in Sparta, they were serfs. Who was' best' ?
Were weak spartan babies killed?
Yes, and they were either thrown off a cliff or drowned. They figured the weak were no use to Sparta because its main focus was its military. Yes, if the babies were weak or sick, they would be dropped off a cliff or turned into a helot, a slave to the Spartans. Spartans only looked for strong babies for their military. If the baby was weak or deformed, it would be no use because they proved a weak spot in the phalanx. They needed someone to watch their allies backs while maintaining form.
Why are old people and babies most at risk from hypothemia?
cause babies are too weak and old ppl r to weak 2
How was Athens weak?
cause they had no smarts mean while Sparta did also does anyone know the answer to what happened to make Athens weak?
MY friends teddybear hamster had 18 you think they can have up to 20?
Highly doubtful, but if it does, the 19th and the 20th babies might be born weak.
If a newborn in Sparta looked weak what happened?
If a new born spartan was to look weak, deformed, have any body like difficulty the Spartans will throw them over a cliff to the landscape below killing the infant as they can have no troubles in their soilders or citizens for war or combat
Why did Spartans leave weak babies on mountains?
to kill them
Did leonidas of Sparta invent the bow and arrow?
no he thought the bow and arrow were for the weak and coward people.
Did the samurai kill weak babies like the Spartans and Mongolians?
no
Do Spartans kill all babies?
no only if the baby is deformed or weak
