Social structure
The Spartans (the "Lacedaemonians") divided themselves into three classes: 1. Full citizens, known as the Spartiates proper, or … 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 edu… See more

Tactics
Like the other Greek city-states' armies, the Spartan army was an infantry-based army that fought using the phalanx formation. The Sparta… See more

The Spartans used the same typical hoplite equipment as their other Greek neighbors; the only distinctive Spartan features were the crimson tunic (chitōn) and cloak (himation),… See more