CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tyrtaeus, Spartiate, Synoecism
13 Dec 2017
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Who are spartans : they were called lacedaemonians, laconia (laconic speech, weren"t called spartans. Spartiates: full citizens soldiers of sparta, they were elite soldiers that were hoplites, we call them all spartans and they were not all spartans. Perioikoi: the perioikoi never had the opportunity to figure out their own political fates. So you have the spartiates, then the lacedaemonians in the city and then the. Herodotus: the other men in lacedaemon are not the spartans" equals, but good soldiers nonetheless. Slaves: because of the distance between sparta and the helots, sparta was forced to develop full-time soldiers to regulate the helots. Because these soldiers main occupation was to govern the helots, sparta could never expand too far as to conquer distant nations due to the fear of the helots revolting: the cats away the mice will play mentality. Mothax: sons of spartans with helot mothers, important demographic sub-group.
