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How did the helots make the Sparta a military power?
Spartans needed to be able to keep helots at bay
How did Romans and Greeks use papyrus?
Romans and Greeks use papyrus to write on.
How do the Greeks use written language?
The Greeks use written language to communicate.
Where helots located in the Athens or Sparta?
Sparta
How do you ancient Greeks use electromagnets?
The ancient Greeks understood magnets but since they did not have a source of electricity, they did not use electromagnets. They did make compasses.
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.
Why is slavery important to ancient Greeks'?
it was important to ancient Greeks because slaves did most of their work -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Sparta, Slaves known as Helots (which accounted for appx. 90% of the population) maintained the state while the Spartans would train for war. Also, the Helots served as a source of fear to motivate the Spartans to train so that the slaves would not rebel. An interesting side note, about once every year, the Spartans would massacre Helots to remind them of their place.
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.
What did Spartans call their slaves?
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.
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.
How did the helots make the Sparta a military power?
Spartans needed to be able to keep helots at bay
What was the city of intensely trained citizen soldiers?
The Spartans. Lacademonians. Because they had helots to work all other trades needed. Unlike any other Greek polis they enslaved fellow greeks.
What kind of slaves did the Spartans use for farming and manual labor in order to prepare for and train for war?
Helots
What was it like to be a helot?
The helots were the state-owned serfs of the Spartans. They were most likely Laconian and Messenian. There was a greater number of helots than Spartans, therefore each year when a Spartan Magistrate took office he declared war on the helots. This meant that the helots could be murdered at any time. The Krypteia, or the Spartan secret police, also routinely killed helots.
