Athens and Sparta were two ancient Greek cities with very different sets of values. The Athenians had a democratic form of government with a freer lifestyle while the Spartans had a militaristic form of government and had helots who were treated as slaves as they had to give half of their produce to the Spartiates. Athens had freemen who were male citizens divided into three categories namely, the aristocratic, the middle class and the Thetes who were the lowest class. Metics were those who came from outside and were allowed to do business without owning land. On the other hand the Spartans had three categories of citizens; the Spartiates who were military men and lived in military barracks, the Perioeci and the helots. In this essay, I will
