CLA-2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Second Messenian War, Archon Basileus, Spartan Constitution
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Bc: return of the heracleidae (heracles +-dae= kids of heracles. Regional dominance: growing population need for more land. Instead of sending out colonies, sparta began conquering neighbors. Helots (cid:894)serfs/sla(cid:448)es(cid:895) a(cid:374)d perioikoi (cid:894)(cid:862)those (cid:449)ho d(cid:449)ell arou(cid:374)d. Parta(cid:863: the first messenian war (c. 743-724) Depopulation of messenia (disappearance of messenians from. Important to sparta because messenians were helots and shows that this system was unstable. ~700: strife and discord: rebellion in messenia (685-668) Lycurgus and reforms; establishment of constitution--- mayybe real maybe than spartan citizens mythical. A(cid:374) allia(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)ut all re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ized parta"s supremacy. Important cities: elis, corinth, megara, arcadia, tegea, mantineia, philus, achaia. Parta(cid:374)s (cid:862) partiates(cid:863) or (cid:862)ho(cid:373)oioi(cid:863)-- (cid:862) those (cid:449)ho are alike(cid:863: full citizens, (cid:862)hoplite(cid:863) (cid:272)lass. Devoted all of their time to warfare: children raised in a state educational system: the agoge, each were assigned a plot of land. Also lived, for the most part, in common barracks: members of the military assembly. Perioikoi (cid:862) those li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g arou(cid:374)d(cid:863: five dorian tribes.
