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- 2. A chiton is an item of clothing, a tunic that fastens at the shoulder
- 5. – members of a social class that were not citizens of Laconia and Messenia. Ecclesia – a political assembly of citizens from a city state.
- 8. Control of a country or organisation by a small group of people.
- 10. The ephors were the leaders of the Spartans.
- 11. The Spartiate was the elite state of full citizen soldiers.
- 12. The agōgē was the education and training program mandated for all male Spartan citizens
- 13. — a large wooden shield worn by troops in ancient Greece at different eras
- 15. – a mass military formation that was rectangular in shape
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- 1. Rhetra: The Spartan Constitution. Lycurgus, the lawgiver, was supposed to have established it.
- 3. Helots were people of a higher social level than slaves, although they were nonetheless enslaved and held by the state. They were mistreated, and in some cases, murdered.
- 4. It was the Spartan council of elders
- 6. It was a spear used by the chief of the hoplites
- 7. A long double edged sword used by the Spartans
- 9. Hoplites were the soldiers of ancient greek city states
- 12. — the abyss into which malformed or handicapped babies were cast. They were dumped there because the military believed handicapped children couldn't contribute to war and were thus worthless.
- 14. - an ancient Spartan state organisation that enlisted the participation of young Spartan men.