Sparta's strength was it's military. Boys would begin training at the age of 7 and would live separate from the rest of Spartan society until they were 20 years old. Sparta had a strong, professional hoplite army.
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The army
No, Sparta became most powerful after Athens was defeated in the Peloponnesian War, was stripped of its empire and revenue, and so lost its golden age without the money it mulcted from its empire.
Most boys had better education than military skillls
Military service
Military service
Athens had a military
the only war between Athens & Sparta is the pelioponnesion war where Sparta fought Athens because they thought they were too powerful. in the end Athens surrendered and Sparta then became the most powerful.
It varied over time - Argos, Sparta, Athens, Sparta, Thebes.
The two most powerful groups were: Da Bryan Da Gavin
The most famous and powerful of all the city states of ancient Greece were Sparta and Athens.
Sparta had the most intense and powerful army in the time of the Persian Empire.
Sparta and Athens were two of the most powerful Greek city states in ancient times.
Demorancy and strengthening its military
Spartans and the people of Athens.
yes Sparta did have a military oligarchy.
yes Sparta did have a military oligarchy.
Sparta was a small but powerful nation
They were polar opposites, Athens being a scholarly, open empire, with Sparta being a military state that detested change. Sparta had a powerful army, Athens had a powerful navy. Both were also ambitious and wanted to expand their reaches of influence. They were bound to bump heads a few times.