The Development Of Sparta

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Sparta is known to have the most powerful ancient Greek military of its time, lasting from 900 BCE to 371 BCE. Their main enemies were Athens and Persia. The development of Sparta’s military had a great influence on society and within the greek culture. Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the present-day region of southern Greece called Laconia. The population of Sparta consisted of three main groups: the Spartans, the Helots, and the Perioeci. The Spartans were full citizens,the Helots were the slaves. The Perioeci, whose name means “dwells-around,” were known as craftsmen and traders. In the following paper, the development of Spartan military had a great influence on society and within the good culture.

Spartan training started at age 7 and ended at age 18. From birth only the strong were allowed to live. If you were too weak when you were born, you would be thrown off a …show more content…

Also called Persian Wars, they were a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia for half a century. Persians slowly conquered the small Greek city-states along the Anatolian coast since they were the closest to them. In 500 BCE the Greek city-states on the western coast of Anatolia rose up in rebellion against Persia. This uprising, known as the Ionian revolt, failed miserably. Athens and Eretria had sent a small fleet in support of the revolt, which the king of Persia took as an excuse for launching a full assault on the Greek mainland. In 492 BCE, his forces advanced toward Europe, but when much of his fleet was destroyed in a storm, he returned home. However, in 490 a Persian army of 25,000 men landed on an area called the Plain of Marathon, and the Athenians requested Sparta to join forces against the invader. Although the Persian empire was at the peak of its strength, the collective defense mounted by the Greeks overcame the Persian

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