The Spartan Lifestyle

Spartans lifestyle was controlled by Sparta’s government. This is often notorous compared to modern lifestyle. Sparta was a state of warriors. Sparta’s government used to play major role for Spartan’s fate. After the messian war in 730 BCE,Sparta conquired it’s neighbor Messenia and messenians(Used to call Helots) became slave of Spartans. Messenia’s land was distributed among Spartan warriors who participated in the war and Helots were assigned into farming and other shameful works.But they must had to pay Spartan man half of whatever they used to produce from their land.One of the major reason for practicig military lifestyle by Spartan was to dominance over Helots. Most of the Spartans ambition was to be a great warrior and they …show more content…
A notorous physical education system called Agoge was mandatory forboth boys and girls. Primary objective of Agoge for boys was to turn them into soldiers and for girls was to be baby-factories. A Spartan boy had to start Agoge education from his age 7. As a part of Agoge education he must be separated and taken away from his mother. He had to start military training from age 14 to 20 years old. While his age turned into 20 he became eligible for active military duty. He couldn’t get marry until his age turned 30. Between 20 to 30 he had to live in a military barrack and share common meal called ‘Syssitia’. He had to supply his own food and usually get influence to steal others food.Spartan social and military system also indirectly influenced them to be homosexual. Spartan hard military training and Agoge education made Spartan army invincible over a 300 years period of time. At the age of 60 a Spartan male would become eligible to be choosen a member of ‘Gerousia’or a real powerful elder council.Spartans were a patriarchal warrior nation alwas dominated slaves especially Helots and dictated by Gerousia with military