In order to survive, all city-states had to train their male citizens as warriors as they achieved adulthood.
The city of soldiers
To protect their own farms and businesses. They could only do this by combining to generate the necessary force. As the upper class needed this cooperation, they were obliged progressively to accept a general assembly of the citizens, which opened the way to developing democracy.
The soldiers in most cases (such as Sparta) were already determining the role of their city-states in Greece. Some other, besides Sparta, sought to make the soldiers the primary political power, because of their importance to maintaining the independence of the city.It was only after repeated conquests by Persia, and then by Philip II of Macedon, that any sense of continuing unity was achieved among the disparate cities of Greece. This was not enough to prevent their conquest by the Romans.They were farmers, and wanted to protect their land and crops from both invading nomads and adjacent city states seeking to pirate their land.Other answers include:More power in the governmentFree weapons
They were soldiers. After the Trojans opened their city wall to bring the wooden horse in, the soldiers came out and captured the city, ending the ten-year Trojan War.
There were no barracks or formal military bases in ancient Greece. The citizen-soldiers of Athens, Thespaia, Tegate, Philaisia, Corinth, and even the militaristic Spartans, lived at home with their wives and children. However living in and around their city, they were available on short notice to fight.
That one city
The Spartans. Lacademonians. Because they had helots to work all other trades needed. Unlike any other Greek polis they enslaved fellow greeks.
Built walls and trained soldiers.
The warriors who participated in the battle of Thermopylai were from the citizen armies of several Greek cities. As part of being a citizen of a city, they joined the city's army when they were 18 years of age and were admitted into the ranks. They would be trained initially in basics of weapon handling by their fathers, then when admitted, in collective training by instructors appointed by the state. Regular parades were conducted with these citizen-soldiers to practice formations and tactics.
I think the answer is ATHENS.
Hoplites were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed as spearmen and fought in phalanx formation
The part time colonial soldiers were called Minute Man.They weren't technacly soldiers, but if the town or city was attacked by suprise, like their name, they were ready in a minute for battle. The first two battles of the American Revolution, Minute man were the soldiers in it.
In the greek city-state of sparta, the training of soldiers started in the age of 7 years old but they didnt fight until they were 18 years old.
Sparta trained their soldiers from age 7 and had them serving in the army at age 20. They killed all the weak children.
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the roman army had to be able to march 32km in five hours per day carrying there full kit, they had to learn to use there weapons by fighting the people that are on there side thy also had to learn to follow orders precisely and instantly.
Citizen-soldier