What are some important events in Sparta?
Probably the Olympics the wars and the theater if they even have one
How did the Spartans get the goods they needed for everyday life?
they reiled on farming and on conquering other people
What were ancient Sparta's goals?
this is a very vague question for two parts: Which acient Sparta? Sparta changed and evovled most drastically under the reforms of Lycorgous. however for the purpose of answering the question I'll assume you are reffering to the most well known period of spartan society in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. and also, goals in relation to what? to foreign policy, mlitary expansion, cultural and society?
well in general the Spartans goals were to create an invincible land force, which they needed to keep the helots (messenian slaves) which outnumbered them 10 to 1, from revolting (which happened on many occasions, most famosly Mt Ithamae). they were always very relutant in moving out of the peloponesse, so their goal ws to reamin as strong as possible, and not t have to leave the pelopponese often.
What is the capital of Sparta?
Sparta was a city-state and was well known for being in the area of Laconia
How long did king Leonidas rule Sparta?
He ruled from 488 BC- 480 BC when he died at the Battle of Thermopylae
The jobs in Sparta are to work around the village and keep people healthy, strong, and alive.
For only leaving the men to fight and to keep safe.
The reason for the men to keep safe is because they are all they have to keep the ladies alive.
We need the ladies so the men can do them hard and lick them good :D YUMM!
Go Sparta men! make babies all day :D
What were some events that happened in Sparta?
Well...I don't if it was IN Sparta, but there was the war between Athens and Sparta.
Who where the kings of Sparta?
There were two spartan kings, they were nicknamed "ns squared" because their initials were N.S and their names were both Nick S. They had a spartan queen with the initials N.S aswell so sometimes they were called "ns cubed". I hope this helped.
What was the characteristics of Sparta rulers?
They were cruel, and unfair. Sparta was a terrible place that believed only in war and fighting.(that is where we get the word spar from.)
Its beginnings as a Doric-Greek city were about 1000 BCE, it rose to prominence from the 6th Century BCE, then lost influence as its citizens declined dramatically in the 4th Century BCE. It became depopulated after being sacked by the Gothic king Alaric at the end of the 5th Century CE.
How are the Spartans different from the Athenians?
They were different Greek city-states.
The Athenians had a democracy as their form of government; Sparta had a mix between an oligarchy and a monarchy. The Athenians encouraged trade and were influenced by other city states; the Spartans avoided new ideas whenever possible, and only conquered other city states. The Athenians valued art, science, and music; the Spartans cared about hardly anything but war. The Athenians treated their women fairly poorly; Spartan woman had more rights than almost any other women in the ancient world. Athenians had few slaves; the Spartan society relied entirely on slaves/helots to support the infrastructure. The Athenians weren't very war oriented; the Spartans were extremely bellicose and amazing soldiers.
What was different about Sparta and Athens?
they had different forms of government, Sparta had oligarchy while Athens had democracy. in Athens, you became a man when you turned 18, in Sparta you had to be 30. for money Athens had drachmas and Sparta had obols.
Yes, otherwise called a "polis". Sparta had its own form of governance and a distinct citizen body.
Why was Sparta the only city-state without walls?
Many of the Greek city-states didn't have walls, particularly in Asia Minor - it was a matter of whether they had anything worth looting, were capable of defending themselves anyway and whether they could rely on their Persian overlords to protect them. Sparta's reason was firstly that it was a collection of villages, and a wall around the lot would have been impracticable. So they decided theat, rather than have one village walled as a citadel, to rely on being able to defeat an invader (or their serfs, or their non-citizen freemen living in the countryside) by fighting in the open and in the village streets - as they said, their warriors were their walls.
In ancient Sparta what did you have to to be a citizen?
to be a citizen of Sparta you had to have had both a mother and father that was a spartan citizen. Also had to pass a test by the ephors i believe to see if they were a fit enough baby. ?
Did Pericles build the large walls around the city-state during the war with Sparta?
No - these had been rebuilt the following year after being destroyed by the Persians in 480 BCE. Twenty years later the Long Walls were built connecting the city with its main port of Piraeus, and the latter was fortified. The object was for Athens to be immune from land attack, and to be able to continue using its naval power to control its empire, to harrass any opponent with amphibious raids, and import food during a seige. This was 30 years before the Peloponnesian War, and before Pericles came into preeminence.
Do Spartans leave their babies on a hill if weak?
yes they do because if they are not strong enough to get to their village by them self they are not strong enough
Why did Spartans have an 'L' on their shields?
The Spartan homeland was Lacadaemonia (also known as Laconia hence the word laconic referring to brevity of speech). The L (lambda) is the first letter of that name.