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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.
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
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Helots.
Slaves or enslaved people in Sparta were called helots.
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They are not Greek, they are Dorians. They raided from the north and enslaved the helots and settled near the helots.
Sparta captred it's niegboring city-staes and enslaved the people. They called their slaves helots and they fear that the helots would rebel and so they trained boys for the military in case the helots did rebel.
Sparta wanted their men in the army because they wanted keep control over the helots. Helots were captured enslaved workers. There was so many helots that the Spartans thought that someday they would rebel. To maintain the control of the helots the Spartans started put their men in the army.
The lowest group in Spartan society was made up of helots, who were enslaved agricultural workers owned by the state. They were required to work the land and provide a portion of their produce to the Spartans. Helots had few rights and were subjected to harsh treatment.
The Helots made up 80% of the population and were considered downtrodden. Theye were state-owned laborers.
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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.
Depends. What the heck are helots?
The Spartans. Lacademonians. Because they had helots to work all other trades needed. Unlike any other Greek polis they enslaved fellow greeks.
The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .