Classics
38 important questions on Classics
At what age were boys fully part of the Spartan army and syssitia?
At age 30 is a man was not part of a public mess, what happened to them?
At what age were men allowed to marry and become full citizens?
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There is a ritual involving cheese, what is the ritual and according to who, does it happen?
According to Xenophon
What were females encouraged to do to the males in public?
What did the female and males both do?
What were Spartan women also known as?
Who had to attend Syssitia?
How would a male be accepted or rejected from a Mess?
How many negative votes were needed to stop a man from joining a mess?
What was a common meal among Spartan males?
made from boiled pigs legs, blood, salt, vinegar.
Who said that the Syssitia lead to "Troops that fought with more bravery and a keener sense of shame than would have been the case with chance comrades"?
Who were the council of elders made up of?
Who said that the creation of the Gerousia was the first major constitutional innovation instituted by Lycurgus?
How many people made up the Gerosia?
28 of them ages 60+
2 of them were the kings
How would a man be elected into the Gerousia?
What were the Two major roles of the Gerousia?
to function as a supreme court
What were Spartan citizens not allowed to do without permission?
What were Spartan citizens Exempt from?
Dorians that live in Sparta are known as what?
Who conducted trade for the Spartan state?
Who were responsible for manufacturing things like weapons and armour?
Acheans that lived in Sparta before the Spartans are known as?
Who formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia?
Who said that the Spartans treaded helots "Harshly and Cruelly"?
According to Plutarch, what were Helots made to do in public?
What was it a disgrace to be in Sparta, especially in public?
(Hint, helots were forced to be this as a demonstration)
Lycurgus created the Ephors, according to who?
Who believes that the Ephors were a later institution? (after Lycurgus)
Who was eligible to be elected as an Ephor and how many times could a person be elected?
Who called the Ephors tyrants and the kings generals?
Who provided balance for the two kings (who didn't often get along)
Each Autumn, who declared war on the Helots and why?
so that any Spartan citizen could kill a Helot
Who didn't have to kneel for the kings and were held in high esteem by the citizens?
Who had the power to indict a king so that the king would then be tried before the ephors and the Gerousia?
How would a Spartan become a member of the Crypteia?
Who were the members of the Crypteia told to target specifically?
Who described the Crypteia as a unit of the spartan army?
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