Sparta

Question 1

Are there any contemporary written sources of Sparta?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Agoge

Answer 2

State-run education

Question 3

What kind of society did Spartans have?

Answer 3

Communistic

Question 4

When were the first Messian Wars?

Answer 4

735-715 BC

Question 5

When were the reforms of Lycurgus?

Answer 5

670 BC

Question 6

When do art and commerce decline?

Answer 6

600 BC

Question 7

When do the Spartans form an alliance with Arcadian cities? (Peloponnesian League)

Answer 7

560 BC

Question 8

When does Thebes defeat Sparta at Lectura?

Answer 8

371 BC

Question 9

Spartan Kings

Answer 9

Hereditary, commanders, chief priests, judicial powers, office for life

Question 10

Gerousia/ Elders

Answer 10

28 men over 60, preside over

Question 11

Apella

Answer 11

Assembly, vote yes/no, no debate, male citizens over 30

Question 12

Ephors

Answer 12

Oversee Kings

Question 13

Who was in Spartan government?

Answer 13

2 Kings
5 Ephors
Apella
Gerousia

Question 14

Spariates

Answer 14

Full citizens, equals, warrior class

Question 15

Periokoi

Answer 15

Dwellers, tradesmen, farmers, subject to Spartan authority

Question 16

Helots

Answer 16

State-owned slaves, attached to land, get portions of crops they raise, can marry, work on land of Spariates

Question 17

When do you become a full citizen? What age?

Answer 17

30 years old

Question 18

What could your only job be?

Answer 18

A soldier

Question 19

What is scrutiny at birth? Who receives it?

Answer 19

Decision to reject or keep male baby- girls do not receive scrutiny

Question 20

Erastes and Eromenos Relationship

Answer 20

Erastes- adult male
Eromenos- young boy

Question 21

Who could receive a tombstone?

Answer 21

Those killed in battle or childbirth