U3 AOS1 - Reforms and reformers of Sparta Flashcards
1
Q
When was Lycurgus’ “Great Rhetra” created?
A
C. 650 BCE
2
Q
What did the Great Rhetra do?
A
Sought to create “eunomia” - a state governed under “good laws and government”.
3
Q
What was the Great Rhetra created in response to?
A
A significant increase in the Helot population following the Messenian wars (734 - 724, 685 - 668 BCE)
