CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Spartan Constitution, Black Soup, Ephor
31 Jan 2018
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The spartans didn"t have nice things or monumental architecture. Sparta today: very little structural remains (menelaion & 4th century theatre, evidence of site destruction, a unique polis, their rejection of the finer things of life celebrated by people such as. Who are the spartans: lacedaemonians laconia, spartiates (spartiatai) full citizen soldiers of sparta. Perioikoi: those who dwell around , other communities of laconia, perioikoi neither fully autonomous or subject, go to war with sparta (represents a large portion of spartan army numbers, gdt. Conquest of messenia: spartan expansion: first laconia, then messenia, spartans conquer territory. Helots (slaves of messenia): helots were not chattel slaves. Can marry; cannot be bought or sold. Must give of produce to whatever spariate is allotted the land. Assigned to plots of lands to raise crops and families, but do not own the land. They are forced to give up half of their crops. Sense of regional/ethnic identity: messenians keep their identity.
