Daily Life In Ancient Sparta
The Ancient Spartans lived a rough life. Most children started going to school at age seven. The children were taken away from their parents at age seven. The boys lived in a soldiers barracks were they were often tormented and beaten by older boys. The purpose of this was to teach them to be tough. The boys were whipped in front of crowds to teach them to reject pain. They were fed very little and were taught to steal, lie, cheat, and to be cunning. This was to train more capable soldiers. The girls were also trained to be warriors. They were taught to fight and they lived at home during their training. Spartan women had lots of freedom. They could run their own businesses and inherit them. They were free to move about and visit neighbors without their husbands permission. |
The three types of government in Ancient Sparta were Monarchical, Oligarchic, and Democratic
The Ancient Spartan boys started going to school at age seven. The went into immediate training to go into the Spartan army. The goal of this education was to produce a well-drilled military machine composed of soldiers who were obedient to command and enduring hardships. The girls in Ancient Sparta were trained by their mothers to cook, clean, and to be able to heal soldiers. The types of social classes in Ancient Sparta were aristocratic which was the highest class that consisted of kings and Spartan generals. The next social class was Perioeci which was the middle class. It consisted of farmers and artisans who were descendants of the people whom the Spartans first conquered. They had no political rights but they could serve in the army. The last social class was the Helots. This class consisted of people who were slaves or rejected the Spartans. One goddess that the Ancient Spartans worshiped was Artemis. She was the goddess of hunting, archery, and the wilderness. The Ancient Spartans also worshiped Aphrodite, the goddess of love, as a warrior goddess, to suit the more war-like citizens of Sparta. The economy in Sparta was virtually nothing. All the citizens were forced to pursue becoming a soldier in the Spartan Army. But even with a small economy the Spartans did have one. It was a bartering type of economy. They traded iron bars for the product that they wanted. |
Here are the list of the rules in Sparta...
- 1. Every Friday thou arcon shall bring in Kit-Kats for everyone.
- 2. If thou misses three or more homework assignments they owe the group members candy.
- 3. Jack shall not talk for the first 20 minutes of class.
- 4. Thou members must participate in group work
- 5. Thou members must help one another out with the work. Not just pile it on one person.
- 6. Thou members must help with projects.
- 7. Thou must share the notes of sticky.
Here is an additional link to gain more information. http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/sparta/home_set.html
Here are the other group members city-state pages.
Jake Meier's Link http://theancienthistory.weebly.com
Joey Kneip's Link http://ancientyearsjk.weebly.com/
Jack Wichman's Link http://wichman24.weebly.com/
Kylynn McArthur's Link http://sparta11.weebly.com/
Here are the other group members city-state pages.
Jake Meier's Link http://theancienthistory.weebly.com
Joey Kneip's Link http://ancientyearsjk.weebly.com/
Jack Wichman's Link http://wichman24.weebly.com/
Kylynn McArthur's Link http://sparta11.weebly.com/