The Historical Sparta’s Successes and Failures
The State of Sparta in ancient Greece is one of the unique models of human communities for reasons of distinct patterns of human societies throughout history. This state, which was the main power in the ancient Greek world, will remain a symbol of the militarization of communities either for ideological reasons, or for reasons of social and cultural different patterns compared to other ancient cities. Ancient Greece was divided into many City-States and they were relatively small states in terms of size and population. However, Sparta was considered larger than other cities. Spartan entity was marked in this context from the majority of other states that it was a society that was centered on the …show more content…
They were able to build a military. This army of the state where the major reason that led to creating an unforgettable great state, which is still the major studied region in many historical researches. The Spartan military rules consisted of taking healthy boys from their family at the age of seven. “The sons of the rich are brought up in the same way as those of the poor, and are educated in a manner which is also possible for the sons of the poor” (Dillon, and Garland, 2010), this indicates that all the boys were brought up in the same condition eventually for the good of their country. Those boys, under the supervision of state, went through hard upbringing conditions, where they went under the tough training for years. Those children grew up to become tough, skilled soldiers to protect their country, Sparta. Although those soldiers were allowed to leave after they finish training to build families, but they were not allowed to live with their families, or have a job to create a livelihood for his family. However, they kept protecting their country, and they were ready to die for their country; “let us fight with courage for our country, and for our children… let us die and never spare our lives” (Dillon, and Garland, 2010). On the other hand, they were given a land for their families, with the helots to work on that land. Half of the yield of that land was given to the family of that soldier, while the helots took only the other half of it. The helots were also responsible for working under the soldier’s family supervision, to provide service for that family. Moreover, the soldier in a result was not able to trade, buy, or sell his land, where that power was given to the high-level class of Spartan’s. In terms of land and property, it stayed under the city’s power until Sparta reached their highest power level. Where this has led to change the property condition. This is because of two
The State of Sparta in ancient Greece is one of the unique models of human communities for reasons of distinct patterns of human societies throughout history. This state, which was the main power in the ancient Greek world, will remain a symbol of the militarization of communities either for ideological reasons, or for reasons of social and cultural different patterns compared to other ancient cities. Ancient Greece was divided into many City-States and they were relatively small states in terms of size and population. However, Sparta was considered larger than other cities. Spartan entity was marked in this context from the majority of other states that it was a society that was centered on the …show more content…
They were able to build a military. This army of the state where the major reason that led to creating an unforgettable great state, which is still the major studied region in many historical researches. The Spartan military rules consisted of taking healthy boys from their family at the age of seven. “The sons of the rich are brought up in the same way as those of the poor, and are educated in a manner which is also possible for the sons of the poor” (Dillon, and Garland, 2010), this indicates that all the boys were brought up in the same condition eventually for the good of their country. Those boys, under the supervision of state, went through hard upbringing conditions, where they went under the tough training for years. Those children grew up to become tough, skilled soldiers to protect their country, Sparta. Although those soldiers were allowed to leave after they finish training to build families, but they were not allowed to live with their families, or have a job to create a livelihood for his family. However, they kept protecting their country, and they were ready to die for their country; “let us fight with courage for our country, and for our children… let us die and never spare our lives” (Dillon, and Garland, 2010). On the other hand, they were given a land for their families, with the helots to work on that land. Half of the yield of that land was given to the family of that soldier, while the helots took only the other half of it. The helots were also responsible for working under the soldier’s family supervision, to provide service for that family. Moreover, the soldier in a result was not able to trade, buy, or sell his land, where that power was given to the high-level class of Spartan’s. In terms of land and property, it stayed under the city’s power until Sparta reached their highest power level. Where this has led to change the property condition. This is because of two