Spartan society is organized around keeping Helots under control; Helots are both Sparta’s resource and its danger.
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Spartan society is organized around keeping Helots under control; Helots are both Sparta’s resource and its danger.
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"Okay? So, remember that the two major city states are Sparta and Athens. Thebes is the third major city state. Macedonia is up here..."
"So, the Spartans were concerned first and foremost about how to turn their boys into warriors. And so, the first thing they did that's..."
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