HIST 2902 Lecture Notes - Tyrtaeus, Hoplite, List Of Kings Of Sparta
8 Apr 2013
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The parteniai "maiden sons: not full citizensand do not get land allocation, spartan mothers with non-spartan fathers while spartans are away fighting war, send these "halfs" to form a colony in tarentum (southern italy), ca 700bc. Potential security threat: unrecognized, sparta was made of 10 villages never more than 8,000 just conquered more than 10000 people to become slaves who used to be free. Battle of hysiae, 669bc: huge lose, causes messenia to revolt and sparta loses territory. Second messenian war 650-630bc entire region conquered entire population become slaves. Consequences of 2nd war land distribution/extension of citizenship: richer get more, but poor still get some. Not necessarily a regular part of state, more a mechanism of terror radical social and constitutional change. Spartiate class restrictions attempts to turn entire spartan society into aristocratic (no menial labour or trade) sumptuary laws (illegal for rich to publically display wealth)
