Sparta A City Filled With Uncultured Discipline

Spartans military was a hard core and well rounded out military in its time. Part of the reason why they were so successful is because of their rigorous training each boy had to go through. Why I said boy is because the Spartan military training would start at age 7 for a chosen boy. The boy gets chosen to live in spartan society at birth. If the Spartans did not believe that the boy would be rounded out for their society they would leave the boy to die. During the boys training hazing and fighting was encouraged to help improve strength among the boys. During spartan training each boy was mainly taught mathematics, music, and how to fight. Also during their training, they would learn how to steal but without getting caught. If they were caught they would not be punished for stealing but only for getting caught. This type of training continues until the boys would become men. Which is at the age of 20 for the Spartan's. At age 20 Spartan men would have to pass a series of demanding

After an embarrassing defeat at the battle of Hysiai Sparta went through great military change, these changes dramatically changed all other areas of Spartan life, turning Sparta into a military focused state. This militaristic influence impacted greatly on Spartan education, essentially aiming to mass produce the perfect solider. The education and training of Spartan boys aged as young as 7 in the agoge became the crucial

The government in Sparta followed a very different coarse than that of the Athenians. It was controlled by an oligarchy in which the power was held by a group of five men called ephors. Working below the ephors was the Council of Elders and an Assembly. Male citizens over age sixty could serve on the Council while anyone, male or female, over the age of twenty could be a member of the Assembly. Though the citizens had little say in the decisions made by the government, the system worked effectively. Over the years, the Spartan's brutal reputation in war grew so great that other nations and city-states were too frightened to attack Sparta even though the Spartan army was no larger then eight thousand men. The Spartan Constitution called for all men to begin their military education at the age of seven, where they were trained to be tough and self-sufficient. Every man in the army fought with a great deal of passion for his country. Life in Sparta may have been rough, but the rest of the Greeks envied the Spartans for their simplicity, straight forwardness, and fanatical dedication. The beliefs of Sparta were oriented around the state. The individual lived and died for the state. The combination of this philosophy, the education of Spartan males, and the discipline of their army gave the Spartans the stability needed to survive in Ancient Greece.

This tradition allowed for a city-state with an exceptional army, women with a substantial amount of liberties, and a gene pool that was superior to those around it. The Spartan way of life was one that focused itself on the importance of a physically strong society, and the people of this city-state went to great lengths to ensure that they maintained this tradition. As a result of this mentality, the authoritative figures of Sparta gave women more freedoms, as society did not see them as inadequate versions of men, but more as the mothers of society, whose job was to be the backbone of the strong Spartan army by birthing and raising robust young men. In fact, this lifestyle was so prevalent and noticeable that soldiers and writers from Athens and other outside lands took notice. Many documents from almost all areas around the Mediterranean Sea demonstrate this, especially in Xenophon’s “The Constitution of Sparta”, which describes the importance of physical ability in Sparta, as written by an Athenian soldier. The people of Sparta preserved this physical superiority in many ways. Boys moved into barracks at the young age of seven to train and become a part of the renowned Spartan army, and mothers abandoned babies with medical issues as soon as possible. This not only ensured that all citizens were able-bodied and working to improve the city-state at all times, but improved the gene pool of the civilization by eliminating any possible genetic disorders with visible phenotypes within the society. All these factors contributed to the health, wellness, and overall success of the Spartan

“No man ever proves himself a good man in war unless he can endure to face the blood and the slaughter, go against the enemy and fight with his hands.” The preceding was quoted from “The Spartan creed” by the poet Tyrtaeus. There are two authors in this primary resource reading which include Tyrtaeus as well as Xenophon, whom authored “The laws and customs of the Spartans”. These two works give great detail to the Spartan society. As history has presented it, Sparta was a smaller polis and yet was one of the most, if not most, influential societies in history. What we know of this culture comes to us from excavation of its

Sparta valued physical strength, military strength and emotional strength. It was very important for them to have a strong military. It was so important, that they would kill new born babies if they had any disabilities that would prevent them from being part of the military or helping it in any way. They would take the boy from a young age of 7 to start training. These boys were faced with many difficult tasks such as having to walk barefoot and deprivation to make them strong. They would even mention a story of a boy who followed the Spartan Code when he hide a fox under his shirt and did not show any sign of pain when the fox was eating his stomach. They strongly believed that you shouldn’t show any sign of feeling specially not pain or weakness. They also believed that you shouldn’t be in love with the person who you marry. You are just married to help Sparta produce more boys to serve the military or girls to train and bring more healthy baby boys to Sparta. If you were in love you had to hide it, since

Classical Sparta Page 1 Samantha Elliott Ancient Sparta was an interesting time, one that’s like no other. There were many key components of Sparta and the Spartans that stood out to make it unique. The first unique trait of Sparta was; “Sparta was one of the most efficient and strongest of the Leading Greek city states in its time”(“Spartan Warriors.” Ancient Warriors.) regarding its military.

The next factor that aided Sparta’s rise was the rigorous military training. A Spartan’s training began as an infant. The Gerousia, a Spartan council of elders, inspected every Spartan baby . Any child that was deemed weak, deformed, or sick would be left at mount Taygetus to die . Once the rest of the surviving children turned seven years old, they would be put into the agoge . The agoge was the rigorous military training that every Spartan man had to pass through before they became full Spartan

The Ephorate, which possessed the most elevated administrative power in Sparta, ran a newborn child framework in which every infant youngster would be evaluated. Youngsters who did not seem, by all accounts, to be sound and solid were taken and left to bite the dust on the apathate, or top of a mountain. It was made clear that no disfigured kids were permitted to live. On the other hand, kids who appeared to be solid and solid were given the chance to persue the ordinary Spartan life. Right from conception, a solid male kid was bound to serve in the military.

From birth, Spartans has to be strong. Any newborn that was sick, deformed, or weak was abandoned and left for dead. At age seven, they began a grueling education regimen. In their education, they were taught that their lives belonged to the state. The education itself was one of a physical nature rather than academic one. Although gymnastics and military were valued above literacy and arts, academia was not forgotten.

Ancient Sparta was one of the major Greek city-states in ancient Greece. Sparta’s “uniquely military society,” in

In ancient times, there were many civilizations who raised their children in ways that would benefit them. Sparta was one out of the many, to conquer territory and protect themselves, they would have to fight many difficult wars that would last up to 25 years long. This was not a simple task, but they achieved this not only by training their soldiers at a very you age but rigorously too. Sparta was a city-state that did not like change, to prevent any corruption or a rebellion against them they had to treat everyone with a cold shoulder and a hard hand.

Ancient Sparta, a city-state formed and bred on the basis of a warrior society, was one reason the Greeks conquered the Persians. As young men the Spartan boys would all go to military camp to become a soldier (Andrews). Intense and lifelong military training produces the most efficient warriors on the planet. Though the numbers may have been few compared to the Persian army, the untrained and cowardly Persian archers and swordsmen. Also in Sparta, the children were ritualistically beaten and flogged. Though this may seem

Children of citizens were raised to be "Spartan", and were taught to get along with almost nothing. The Spartan children were taught to respect the elderly, women and warriors. Boys were taken from their parents at age seven and given only a cloak, no shoes or other clothes, and not enough food so they had to steal in order to learn survival skills. By age twenty they were placed into high ranks of the military. By age thirty they were dedicated to the state.

The Spartans based their government off of their military. They felt as if they had to devote their lives to the military. They started their military training at the age of 6, and went through years of tough training. The Spartans would also not keep the unhealthy babies that were born. They would throw them in a chasm since they thought they wouldn't be able to help with the military.