Chapter 4 - Sparta Flashcards
Another name for Sparta?
Lacedaemon
Organized around 510 B.C by Sparta, included most poleis on the Peloponnesus.
Peloponnesian League
Male dining group of Spartan soldiers, ~15 members
Syssition
Historians say that most accounts of Sparta present a very idealized image of Sparta
Spartan Mirage
All male citizens convened here monthly
Assembly
He estimated around 1,000 Spartan male soldiers by 330 BC
Aristotle
Sparta’s council of elders, 28 over 60
Gerousia
Spartan founding father and lawgiver
Lycurgus
Sparta’s secret polive, monitored non-Spartans
Krypteia
Boys left their families to begin training around this age
Seven
Spartain boys training in the military, 14-20
Ephebes
They oversaw Spartan education and could dispose a king
Ephors
Lived in Sparta’s region, served in military, but not citizens
Perioeci
Spartan slaves recieved this lovely gift each year from masters
Beating
This modern crime was not immoral, as long as you weren’t caught
Stealing
Spartan conquered and dominited this region in 8th Cent. BC, freed in 4th Cent.
Messenia
Where was Sparta located?
Laconia
Spartan men had to stay fit for fighting till what age?
Sixty
Which village got added to Sparta by force around 8th Century?
Amyclae
Whats Sparta’s only known colony?
Toras
What governmental position had 2 people serve at the same time, and was hereditary?
Basilel
Men of equal status
Homoioi
What was the process that the Spartan’s would do to abandon male babies who had issues from birth called?
Infanticide
Spartans well known currency
Iron
This flows near Sparta
Curotas
Essentially slaves, owned by the state, provided Sparta with food
Helots
Spartan education for boys divided into this many age groups
Five
How many men were a part of the Gerousia.
Their were 28
When did Messenia finnally regain its independence from Sparta?
369 B.C
Which of the following reasons was why Invaded Messenia?
To gain fertile land
How long was the first Messenian War?
20 years
When did the Second Messenian war occure and why at this time?
The war occured in 669 BC because the Sparta lost the Battle of Hysiae to Argos so they were weak.
What war did Sparta lose in around 669 B.C.
Battle of Hysiae
How was marriage chosen?
In a dark groping rooms
What did Spartans do in assembly’s that was different ?
They would vote on matters but not dispute.
Used this as a currency only in Sparta
Iron
This was how many Aristotle estimated soldiers of Sparta
1000
The only known colony of Sparta
Toris
How many miles were the Spartans from the shore.
27 miles
What English word comes from lyconia.
Lyconic
Name the Greek region
Lyconia
How were spartans supposed to look
A longbeard with no mustache
How old do you have to be in Eophors
30years old
