The reforms in Sparta encouraged reorganisation to combat the state’s social issues to reach eunomia . If Lycurgus was the sole lawgiver, Strabo states his reforms derived from his travels to Egypt, Ionia and Crete . These reforms focused on the reorganisation of three systems. The economic system excluded Spartiate men who were required in military service and instead used helots to work private estates . Helots were an enslaved population owned not by individuals, but the Spartan state. The increased use of helots ensured that the economics of the Spartan state was supported whilst the military aspect of the state thrived. The second element of the reforms was all Spartiates went through the agoge system. Only the “two kings and their
