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Source: Bibliography: A Clyne, J., Ford, R., Millar, D., Cummins, N. & Cashman, L. (2012). History 7: The ancient world. South Yarra, Victoria: Macmillan. B

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Jake Taff. (N.D.). Ancient Sparta – Religious Beliefs. 23.10.2016. From URL: http://jaketaffy9humanities.weebly.com/ G

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Training for the military began at the age of 7 (if you were a boy), and continued until you were 60 years of age. Most of the warriors of Sparta were the Helots, and when Sparta loses a war, most of the Helots of the city-state fighting at that time, went to work for citizens of the opposite side of the battle field.

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It was the responsibility of Sparta’s secret police to patrol around Sparta, and put to death any supposedly dangerous Helots.

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Leonidas was one of the kings of Sparta from about 540 B.C.E until his death. Leonidas died in a war against the Persian army. “Although Leonidas lost the battle, his death at Thermopylae was seen as a heroic sacrifice because he sent most of his army away when he realized that the Persians had outmaneuvered him. Three hundred of his fellow Spartans stayed with him to fight and die.”

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Zeus: the god of thunder.

Poseidon: the god of Earthquakes, the sea, and horses.

Hades: god of the underworld, also controls the undead.

Apollo: god of light, healing, prophecy, and creativity.

Aphrodite: goddess of love.

Ares: god of war

Artemis: god of hunting and the moon

Athena: goddess of wisdom.

Dionysus: god of wine and theater.

Hephaistos:  god of metal working and fire. ·      Hermes: god of messages.

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Spartans always celebrated their god’s through festivals. For example, Hyacinthia was a festival that lasted three days, it was the second most important festival of Sparta’s religion.

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Perioeci were the basis of the economy. They grew food to support their economy, and they traded goods. Perioeci may also have been farmers.

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Spartiates loved to dance, it was a good way to show off their physical skills. “The Spartans would dance for fun, to show off their skills and to highlight the beauty of the body, Spartans were not shy to show off their hard earnt skills.” Also, four-horse chariot racing was popular in Olympia for men.

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Education for girls: Spartan children mainly learnt reading and writing. The girls also learnt how to weave, and do domestic skills. Like boys, girls were separated to be educated in age groups, just like today. “Greece” (Robert Darlington, 2005, page 33), it says: “the key purpose of their (girl’s) education was to fit them to produce and raise Spartan soldiers. Like today, girls in ancient Sparta were educated what they are going to do later in life, so that they are ready to leave their home when they turn 18.

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In most parts of Greece, women had a very low reputation. Women were sometimes forbidden from public life to do domestic roles that was restricted, and was uninvited to social events unless they were there for entertainment. Girls lived at home until the age of 18. The physical training girls did was throwing javelin and discus, as well as wrestling and running. Research also shows that they exercised naked. “Greece” (Robert Darlington, 2005, page 33) States: “it was common for women to send their slaves out to do the shopping, as it was considered improper for respectable women at public, or even to be mentioned in public places. As you may see from the text above, life for women and girls wasn’t bad compared to other females lives throughout ancient Greece. Women also mainly ran farms/households, so that the men could concentrate on the military.

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Helots were the slaves of Sparta, so it was unfortunate to be one in Sparta in ancient times. They were the lowest class of Sparta, and, when also needed, for forced to go fight in wars for Sparta. They were also state-owned. “Greece” (Robert Darlington, 2005, page 25), around 715 B.C.E, Sparta won the war against Messenia, therefore, most Messenians became Helots, serving as slaves for Spartiates. As you can see, being a Helot would have obviously been the worst of the three social classes. Not only were they the slaves of Sparta, but were also mainly Sparta’s warriors.

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The Perioeci were free to travel and do what they want, but, they did not own rights Spartiates did. They lived on their own and owned mostly self-governing communities. But on the other hand, the Perioeci had to fight in wars for Sparta when needed. So not being the ruling class was not be that bad after all, at least being a Perioeci, you can see and do whatever you want.

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If you have ever wanted to become a Spartiate, you would have had to be a male. You also had to be a citizen of Sparta (to be a citizen of Sparta, you would have had to be born into a Spartan family “Greece” (Robert Darlington, 2005, page 25), it states that Spartiates were the ruling class of Sparta, and they claimed social equality between each other. Spartiates dressed the same, ate the same food, and were restricted to what houses they could build. Even though the Spartiates were the ruling class of Sparta, life would have gotten boring if everyone had to do the same thing.

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Life in Ancient Sparta would have been very different to what we experience today. The laws were tougher, education rougher, and the life for women was not as hard as you may have thought...