Sparta Research Paper
Sparta Sparta was a city-sate in ancient Greece. It was located in Laconia, the south-eastern Peloponnese. It was built on the Eurotas River, which was the main river of Laconia; this gave them a fresh source of water. Sparta is known for its military dominance. What gave it this reputation was defeating its rival city state Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Sparta had very brutal training of their warriors, in fact, most the culture was based around its military and the training of its warriors. They started this process at birth, where they picked the healthiest and strongest babies they could find. If the officers did not think the baby was healthy or strong enough to endure the training of a Spartan warrior they would leave it for death
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This was supposed to teach them resilience. During the annual contest of endurance teenage boys were whipped on the altar of Artemis. It was not uncommon for teenage boys to die on this altar after being whipped so badly they would bleed out. Once they were twenty they would enter the military until they were thirty. Once they were thirty they would leave and go marry and have children. Though they would still have to fight in wars until they were sixty. The culture had three social classes; The Spartans, the Helots, and the Perioeci.
The Spartans or Spartiates were full citizens. They could vote and serve in the government. The Helots were slaves in Sparta. Sparta would not be able to function without the Helots. The Helots came from Laconia and Messenia after Sparta had conquered them. They would do unskilled labor and were often treated very poorly by the Spartans. The Spartans were allowed to kill Helots who seemed too fit or too smart. They were allowed to do this because the Helots outnumbered the Spartans 50 to 1.
The Perioeci were just craftsmen and traders. They also built weapons for the Spartans. Women in this culture had way more freedoms than almost all other civilizations in Greece. They were not allowed to serve in the military, but they did receive a formal education. When they were older they were even allowed to manage and own
This was supposed to teach them resilience. During the annual contest of endurance teenage boys were whipped on the altar of Artemis. It was not uncommon for teenage boys to die on this altar after being whipped so badly they would bleed out. Once they were twenty they would enter the military until they were thirty. Once they were thirty they would leave and go marry and have children. Though they would still have to fight in wars until they were sixty. The culture had three social classes; The Spartans, the Helots, and the Perioeci.
The Spartans or Spartiates were full citizens. They could vote and serve in the government. The Helots were slaves in Sparta. Sparta would not be able to function without the Helots. The Helots came from Laconia and Messenia after Sparta had conquered them. They would do unskilled labor and were often treated very poorly by the Spartans. The Spartans were allowed to kill Helots who seemed too fit or too smart. They were allowed to do this because the Helots outnumbered the Spartans 50 to 1.
The Perioeci were just craftsmen and traders. They also built weapons for the Spartans. Women in this culture had way more freedoms than almost all other civilizations in Greece. They were not allowed to serve in the military, but they did receive a formal education. When they were older they were even allowed to manage and own