enrollment to the army Camille Smells Flashcards
whats an agoge
military school for all spartan boys aged 7-19
whats a syssistia and why important
spartan men dining club and somewhat family vibe
had to unanimiously get voted in or you couldnt be deemed a
spartan- which literally means warrior
- encouraged generational friendships and respect
how was the army seen in sparta
absolutely compulasary, unless you failed agoge or syssition you had to be a warrior
what happened in a sysition and why was it important
they lives, ate and slept toegther and fought together on campaigns to encourage a sense of loyalty and camraderie
how were wages in sparta
they had no job except being a warrior so everything came with including a land and a slave but no pay
whats a helot
A spartan slave
when did spartans stop military
age 60
what was the expectation for serving in athens
they were expected and wanted to serve but not foced, thye all had day to day jobs
when did athenians stop serving
age 60
how were pay for athenian soldiers
they got a fair pay to make up for lost wages from their actual job, came out of state taxes
athens had a large public treasury to fund campaigns
what largely made up rowers in the navy and why
the job was average pay and little skill so it was a lot of lower class and slaves
whats a trimeme
an athenian warship
who funded the trimemes and why
a trierach was a super rich citizen who did this as both an honour and for his tax
who enrolled as roman leigonary soliders
any roman citizen could enroll and in sparse eastern areas you could get citizenship from enrolling
how would you sucessfully enroll as a roman leigonary
it was quite nepotism and required a good letter of rec
you had to gave good smart physical and mental traits
pass a medical evaluation
thye liked people with strong job slike a butcher or a blacksmith
how were roman leigonary wages
they got a fair amount of state funded wages like athens from taxes and war spoils
225-300D per year
based off of merti so inspired good work
take home pay was less as they funded their own clothes, food and gambling
what dud romans get upon retirement
3000D and a big land, most wouldnt live for this
what were auxilery soldiers
non citizens of rome who would gain it upon discharge with thier family
what was included in being a roman citizen
right to vote, marry, fair triall, propety, no death sentence
where did auxileries serve
not where they were born, incredibly multicultural army
what was the roman navy made up of
auxilieries- non citizen soliders
from areas like grece and egypt with lots of water and navy
what was the pros of being in the navy
fair pay, less than leigonary like the auxileries, and a prmise of citizenship
who were the perioeci
- people native to land that was conquered by the spartans but were allowed to keep living in these less fertile areas
- often had careers as craftsmen
- had to recognise sparta as their controllers
- made up a large part of the spartan army
spartan issue with helots
- they were outumbered 7;1
- most others areas would disperse or take on slaves, but sparta had them together in huge groups which increased chance of rebellion
- sparta had the best army but a lot of it needed to stay in sparta as they were wary of a helot rebellion like that in the 460s
how were spartan children prepared for war
- babies were inspected by elders and any unfit for battle would be left to die of exposure
- from age seven they were enlisted in the agoge
- they learned dance and music which helped with precision, learned minimal schooling and a lot of phsyical education and could be whipped
- in late teens they learned quity through one cloak and the same haircut, they had rationed food, learned respect in silence and eye contact and could be beaten freely
- at the end of the agoge they learned the reality of war in the krypteia
what is the krypteia
- survival training for spartans in their late teens
- they had to live off the land in the countryside and kill any helots they deemed to be a threat
impact of war in athens
- geenrals were publicly elected
- indeed athenian democracy was brought about larely due to confidence in lower cass hoplites and rowers in battle victories
- trierachs gained prestige through paying liturgy
- a great plauge killed 1/4 of athenians when they brought foreigners inside the city walls to shield them from war
main traits of a fortress
-very large
- wood or stoe
- rectangular
- heavily protected with ditch, tower, gates and walls
whats the principia
main headquaters in the fortress
whats the basilia
huge hall used for assemblies
other rooms in the roman fortress
- temple to pray and keep the standards
- praetorium for the legatis which icluded a rest area and an en suite
- hospital
- baths for clenliness
- 2 rooms in a barak for each contubernium
- ampitheatre outside for shows, meetings and parades
how did romans train for enrollment
- after acceptance they had a probation period of intense work
- he would do intense marching
- he would also practice swimming, riding and jumping wearing a heavy pack
