The History of the Division and Internal Struggles of Greece (565 words, 2 pages)
Like many Greek city-states, Sparta needed more land. It gained land through conquest of the neighboring Laconians and Messenians. These people became helots, they worked for the Spartans. To maintain power over them, Sparta created a military state. Boys learned militarydiscipline, entered the military at 20, and lived in the ...
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