Chapter 4 - Sparta Flashcards
(43 cards)
Another name for Sparta?
Lacedaemon
Organized around 510 B.C by Sparta, included most poleis on the Peloponnesus.
Peloponnesian League
Male dining group of Spartan soldiers, ~15 members
Syssition
Historians say that most accounts of Sparta present a very idealized image of Sparta
Spartan Mirage
All male citizens convened here monthly
Assembly
He estimated around 1,000 Spartan male soldiers by 330 BC
Aristotle
Sparta’s council of elders, 28 over 60
Gerousia
Spartan founding father and lawgiver
Lycurgus
Sparta’s secret polive, monitored non-Spartans
Krypteia
Boys left their families to begin training around this age
Seven
Spartain boys training in the military, 14-20
Ephebes
They oversaw Spartan education and could dispose a king
Ephors
Lived in Sparta’s region, served in military, but not citizens
Perioeci
Spartan slaves recieved this lovely gift each year from masters
Beating
This modern crime was not immoral, as long as you weren’t caught
Stealing
Spartan conquered and dominited this region in 8th Cent. BC, freed in 4th Cent.
Messenia
Where was Sparta located?
Laconia
Spartan men had to stay fit for fighting till what age?
Sixty
Which village got added to Sparta by force around 8th Century?
Amyclae
Whats Sparta’s only known colony?
Toras
What governmental position had 2 people serve at the same time, and was hereditary?
Basilel
Men of equal status
Homoioi
What was the process that the Spartan’s would do to abandon male babies who had issues from birth called?
Infanticide
Spartans well known currency
Iron