In 371 BCE it was badly beaten by Thebes. Over the wars of the previous century it had lost a high percentage of its citizens and, being a closed society, could not replace them. It also lost much of its territory and serf population which supported its economy. It sank into obscurity.
The reason a country has a military is to have protection and to gain power. When Sparta existed power came from conquest of other places. Slaves, riches, and the resources of the country were taken by the conquest.
Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
Sparta grew soldiers. Fighting was so important in Spartan society that they didn't have time for any other resources, the helots dealt with those.
Sparta is the Greek city-state best known for having a military society. Known best for the heroic, yet losing fight at Thermopylae of their 300 Spartan warriors under King Leonidas against 100,000+ Persians, while Athens is known for the Acropolis and other monuments, Sparta's only monument is the enduring valor of that battle.
Yes they did. They pis$ed and $hit in pots.
They lagged in Education
Religion, which underpinned theatre and the other arts, and politics which drove the other side of the running of the state.
Athens isn't better than sparta. its the other way around!!
If I understand the question correctly, it was The Peloponnesian War from 431 to 404 BC that Athens and Sparta fought each other. Sparta was the victor.
Sparta shared their wives with other men that were stonger and buffer so there children could have better genes
Sparta would not let its citizens travel to other cities unless they were fighting
In 371 BCE it was badly beaten by Thebes. Over the wars of the previous century it had lost a high percentage of its citizens and, being a closed society, could not replace them. It also lost much of its territory and serf population which supported its economy. It sank into obscurity.
yes sparta had minted coins
Athens formed the Delian League with other city states including Sparta
Sparta had the best military forces, enough to take out Athens.
one would go to war and the other won would pretect Sparta
The city-states of Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .