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Helots were important because they revolted often. The average Spartan citizen had 12 helots to himself. So, the helots outnumbered the Spartans. The helots' large rebellions caused the Spartans to strenghten their army. This constant test of military ability made the Spartan military strong and powerful.
If the helots defeated the Spartans, the Spartans, being defeated, could not do anything to them.
Sparta depended on slaves and helots (people from a nearby settlement who were forced to work.
Spartan Slaves, or to be more accurate, serfs, were called helots. Sparta became the military state as most know it by today after a revolution of the helots, in which many Spartans died, but were able to gain control over the helots and began to build a viscous army
The ancient Spartans used serfs that they called 'helots' to do the work and keep their economy running.
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The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
Helots were important because they revolted often. The average Spartan citizen had 12 helots to himself. So, the helots outnumbered the Spartans. The helots' large rebellions caused the Spartans to strenghten their army. This constant test of military ability made the Spartan military strong and powerful.
The helots did all the farmwork and craftsmanship of Sparta, while full Spartans did the fighting.
The city-states of warrior and helots refers to the current city of Sparta. The helots were originally free Greeks from the areas of Messenia.
The Helots were a subjugated population in Laconia and Messenia, a territory controlled by Sparta