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Sparta
One of the city states of ancient Greece, Sparta was well known for its warrior culture.
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Why were the helots important to Sparta society?
They were serfs (farmers bound to the land who paid a percentage of their crops to their master) on the land which Sparta had conquered and taken from. Each Spartan citizen was allocated seven helots to work his plot of this land, and this freed the Spartan to concentrate on matters military and physical fitness.
When Sparta sent out an expeditionary force, each warrior took seven helots along to be employed carrying loads and used as light infantry and archers. This had the additional effect of reducing the number of helots left at home to reduce the possibility of a helot uprising, which the Spartans were always mindful of.
Later on helots were used to bolster up the declining numbers of Spartan heavy infantry, and if successful were offered freedom from serfdom as an incentive.
What are the values of the Spartans in movie 300?
Masyadong maikli ang palabas saka hindi mo malaman kung ano ang pamumuhay ng mga ibang Spartans.....
How is Daily life of an ancient Sparta girls?
In Sparta, girls also went to school at age 6 or 7. They lived, slept and trained in their sisterhood's barracks. No one knows if their school was as cruel or as rugged as the boys school, but the girls were taught Wrestling, gymnastics, and combat skills. Some historians believe the two schools were very similar, and that an attempt was made to train the girls as thoroughly as they trained the boys. In any case, the Spartans believed that strong young women would produce strong babies.
At age 18, if a Sparta girl passed her skills and fitness test, she would be assigned a husband and allowed to return home. If she failed, she would lose her rights as a citizen, and became a perioikos,a member of the middle class.
In most of the other Greek city-states, women were required to stay inside their homes most of their lives. They could not go anywhere or do anything without their husband's permission. They could not even visit a woman who lived next door. They had no freedom. But in Sparta, things were very different for women who were citizens. They were free to move around, and visit neighbors without permission.
No marvelous works of art or architecture came out of Sparta, but Spartan military force was regarded as terrifying. Thus, the Spartans achieved their goal.
Name and describe the 3 classes of Spartan society?
- Spartans, who were full citizens who could vote.
- Perioeci, who are free but not full citizens and could not vote.
- Helots, the slave class, were owned by Spartans and could not vote (naturally).
How did Greek city-states gain needed resources when their population grew?
They loaded the surplus population on ships and sent them off to other regions around the Mediterranean and Black Seas to seize land and establish new city-states for themselves. This took the burden of the mother city.
Most likely women did not have jobs in Athens. Only in Sparta were women allowed to have jobs, most of were owning shops.
Most Spartans feared war and loved luxury?
No. They were a warrior community and nothing mattered by being strong in battle.
What did the Spartans do when they needed room for expansions?
conqured neighboring land conqured neighboring land
In 400 BC more people lived in Sparta than any other city state?
Sparta had taken over southern Peloponnesian Peninsula and so had a large serf population, even though its own people in Sparta itself were severely depleted by the wars of the previous 50 years.
What was one difference between Athenians and Spartans in their public speaking?
In Sparta the citizens in the assembly could vote, but not address the assembly.
In Athens any citizen theoretically could speak, but the rostrum was dominated by accomplished orators who could hold the attention of the citizens.
What was the social status of women in Sparta and in Athens?
The social status of women in Sparta were to produce healthy sons for the army.
The social status of women in Athens women had no share in public life.
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies, with Persia supporting Sparta financially later in the war, which lasted for 27 years from 431 to 404 BCE, devastating the Greek world from Sicily to Asia Minor in the process.
In 404 BCE the Spartan fleet destroyed the Athenian one at Aigospotomai (Goat Rivers) in the Dardanelles, killing off Athens' last hope. After that Athens was invested, and after a seige surrendered.
The real outcome was that Greece was left weakened and divided, allowing Persia to establish influence over Greece which it had failed after its military defeats earlier in the century.
The Peloponnesian League.
Why was being caught stealing so severely punished in Ancient Sparta?
Because sparta wanted to have people who could steal and not get caught, but they also wanted people to be able to take punishment.
What conditions allowed to Spartans to create a professional army?
Economically speaking, that was by having a large slave population that did the actual daily work. A second factor was their (at the time unique) equality of the sexes. That meant that women could run or oversee any economic activity, leaving the men free to concentrate on their martial skills.
What is the prediction of what might have happened in Sparta if its army had become weak?
- slaves would have staged a rebellion.
- Spartan women would joined the army.
- soldiers would have lost their self-confidence.
- boys would have lost their courage and strength.
Why is ephors important to Sparta?
The ephors were an important part of the Spartan political structure. They were five annually elected officials who held significant power. They acted as a check on the power of the Spartan kings and oversaw the day-to-day administration of the state. The ephors played a crucial role in maintaining the stability and balance of power in Spartan society.
What is the new name of Sparta?
The name of Sparta is "Σπάρτη", spelled and written with the same way as the ancient city.
Spartans did not trade with anyone due to the fact that outsiders were not allowed inside their city-states. Also, insiders were not allowed out.
Who controlled much of the territory surrounding the Aegean Sea during the Peloponnesian War?
The Athenian empire forces until they were progressively defeated in the later stages of the 27-year war.
Ports were busy with tradeAthens or Sparta?
only the Athens the Spartans had no trade (they were a milatary place)i got this from my text book
