The Spartan army was the principle ground force of Sparta. It stood at the center of the Spartan state, consisting of
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The first reference to the Spartans at war is in the Iliad, in which they featured among the other Greek contingents. Like the rest of the Mycenaean-era armies, it was depicted as composed mainly of infantry, equipped w… See more

The Spartans (the "Lacedaemonians") divided themselves into three classes:
• Full citizens, known as the Spartiates proper, or Hómoioi ("equals" or peers), who received a grant of land (kláros or klēros, "lot") for the… See more

At first, in the archaic period of 700–600 BC, education for both sexes was, as in most Greek states, centred on the arts, with the male citizen population later receiving military education. However, from the 6th century on… See more