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Agoge

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Raising or upbringing in Spartan education, starts at the age of 7 and finish at the age of 24, only boys

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Asty

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City centre

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Democracy

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Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

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Ephor

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One of five officials elected each year

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Hoplite

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Heavily-armed foot soldier

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Krypteia

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Secret police

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Helot

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A class of people making up the main population of Laconia and Messenia, mainly working in agriculture for Spartan citizens.

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Kleros

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An allotment of land

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Lacedaemonians

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Spartan and perioikoi

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Laconia

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The territory around the asty of Sparta, the state Sparta is located in.

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Messenia

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The fertile territory over the mountains to the west of Sparta

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Laconian

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The term used by other Greeks to refer to both the Spartans themselves and the inhabitants of the surrounding area.

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Monarchy

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The supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.

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Oikos

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House, Household

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Paidonomis

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A Spartan official appointed to supervise the military training of children and adolescent boys.

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Oligarchy

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A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few

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Perioikoi

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Free, non-citizen Spartans

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Polis

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City-State

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Rhetra

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Oracle or law

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Xenelasia

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The practice of expelling unwanted foreigners from Sparta.

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Herodotus

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Historians in the 5th century bc, was known for the book series “The Histories”, was known to have a lot of bias towards greek values and perspectives.

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