enrollment to the army Camille Smells

Question 1

whats an agoge

Answer 1

military school for all spartan boys aged 7-19

Question 2

whats a syssistia and why important

Answer 2

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

Question 3

how was the army seen in sparta

Answer 3

absolutely compulasary, unless you failed agoge or syssition you had to be a warrior

Question 4

what happened in a sysition and why was it important

Answer 4

they lives, ate and slept toegther and fought together on campaigns to encourage a sense of loyalty and camraderie

Question 5

how were wages in sparta

Answer 5

they had no job except being a warrior so everything came with including a land and a slave but no pay

Question 6

whats a helot

Answer 6

A spartan slave

Question 7

when did spartans stop military

Answer 7

age 60

Question 8

what was the expectation for serving in athens

Answer 8

they were expected and wanted to serve but not foced, thye all had day to day jobs

Question 9

when did athenians stop serving

Answer 9

age 60

Question 10

how were pay for athenian soldiers

Answer 10

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

Question 11

what largely made up rowers in the navy and why

Answer 11

the job was average pay and little skill so it was a lot of lower class and slaves

Question 12

whats a trimeme

Answer 12

an athenian warship

Question 13

who funded the trimemes and why

Answer 13

a trierach was a super rich citizen who did this as both an honour and for his tax

Question 14

who enrolled as roman leigonary soliders

Answer 14

any roman citizen could enroll and in sparse eastern areas you could get citizenship from enrolling

Question 15

how would you sucessfully enroll as a roman leigonary

Answer 15

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

Question 16

how were roman leigonary wages

Answer 16

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

Question 17

what dud romans get upon retirement

Answer 17

3000D and a big land, most wouldnt live for this

Question 18

what were auxilery soldiers

Answer 18

non citizens of rome who would gain it upon discharge with thier family

Question 19

what was included in being a roman citizen

Answer 19

right to vote, marry, fair triall, propety, no death sentence

Question 20

where did auxileries serve

Answer 20

not where they were born, incredibly multicultural army

Question 21

what was the roman navy made up of

Answer 21

auxilieries- non citizen soliders
from areas like grece and egypt with lots of water and navy

Question 22

what was the pros of being in the navy

Answer 22

fair pay, less than leigonary like the auxileries, and a prmise of citizenship

Question 23

who were the perioeci

Answer 23

• 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

Question 24

spartan issue with helots

Answer 24

• 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

Question 25

how were spartan children prepared for war

Answer 25

• 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

Question 26

what is the krypteia

Answer 26

• 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

Question 27

impact of war in athens

Answer 27

• 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

Question 28

main traits of a fortress

Answer 28

-very large
- wood or stoe
- rectangular
- heavily protected with ditch, tower, gates and walls

Question 29

whats the principia

Answer 29

main headquaters in the fortress

Question 30

whats the basilia

Answer 30

huge hall used for assemblies

Question 31

other rooms in the roman fortress

Answer 31

• 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

Question 32

how did romans train for enrollment

Answer 32

• 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