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Why were helots important?
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.
What did the Spartans do to the helots that defeated them?
If the helots defeated the Spartans, the Spartans, being defeated, could not do anything to them.
Did Sparta or Athens have foreigners as a working class?
Sparta depended on slaves and helots (people from a nearby settlement who were forced to work.
What were Spartans slaves called?
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
Did the Spartans depend on slaves and helots to do their manual labor?
yes they did.All the work the masters did not want to do, the slaves did them. I hope you find my answer helpful.
Who were the native people the Spartans enslaved to do work?
Helots
Can you use helots in a sentence?
The ancient Spartans used serfs that they called 'helots' to do the work and keep their economy running.
I was a member of a group who had to work on the Spartans' farms who am I?
you would be one of the helots
What did Spartans call their slaves?
Helots
How did the Greeks use helots?
Depends. What the heck are helots?
I was a member of a group who had to work on Spartans' farms. Who am I?
helots
Was the Helots citizens of Sparta?
The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
Why were helots important?
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.
Who did the work in ancient Sparta?
The helots did all the farmwork and craftsmanship of Sparta, while full Spartans did the fighting.
What were City-states of warriors and helots?
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.
Helots were spartan?
The Helots were a subjugated population in Laconia and Messenia, a territory controlled by Sparta
What did the Spartans do to the helots that defeated them?
If the helots defeated the Spartans, the Spartans, being defeated, could not do anything to them.
