Sparta In The Present-Day Region Of Southern Greece

Sparta was located in the present-day region of southern Greece known as Laconia. It inhabited its own Laconian lands and those of Messenia which it had conquered. It was ruled by a tight military oligarchy under two Kings, who ruled simultaneously. In Sparta, there were three main groups which the people were classified under. Spartans, which were full citizens, Helots, which were the slaves of Sparta, and the Perioeci, who were neither slaves nor citizens, but they worked as craftsmen and traders who built weapons for the Spartans.

At the age of seven, male citizens went through a process known as the Agoge. The children were separated into age groups and lived in barracks, they then went into rigorous athletic and military training which became harder as they aged. This process resulted in a professional hoplite army capable of

Sparta was ruled by two kings who ruled simultaneously as well as a council of twenty-eight men. There were three main groups of Sparta; the Spartans, which were full citizens, Helots, which were the slaves, and Perioeci, which were the craftsmen and traders. At age seven, all boys went through the Agoge, which was a tough military training to strengthen their army. The women of Sparta participated in a number of athletic competitions to strengthen themselves for when they were to give birth. A lot of the daily tasks that women would often do were handled by the Helots instead of the women. The people of Sparta also believed in a number of things; they encouraged stealing in the boys who went to the military training. They weren’t allowed to travel to foreign places for fear that they might learn new traditions, if a baby was born too small or not healthy, they would be brought to a chasm. The people of Sparta also ate together, whether they were rich or