Army

Question 1

King Agis had the power to ‘Send troops wherever he wished ‘

Answer 1

Thucydides 8.5.2

Question 2

Ephors went with the king to prevent corruption

Who told us this?

Answer 2

Xenophon lac pol 13.5

Question 3

‘Seven helots to each man’

At which battle?

Answer 3

Herodotus 9

Platea 479 BC

Question 4

How did the helots hinder the Spartan Military?

Answer 4

Didn’t allow them to be away for more than 6 weeks

Spartans ‘feared a revolution’ - Thucydides

Helot would gladly eat a Spartan raw -Thucydides

Question 5

How did Plutarch say that the Spartan made their opponents more likely to give up?

Answer 5

They did not chase fleeing opponents. - plutarch life of lykurgus 22

Spartan mirage

Question 6

‘Noble thing for a man to fall in the front line ‘

Answer 6

Tyrateus 10

Spartan war propaganda written by a Spartan for Spartans

Kalos Thanatos - beautiful death

Question 7

‘True professionals in the overall conduct of war’

Answer 7

Xenophon lac pol 13.5