Agoge - The rigorous and communal education and training system of ancient Sparta for Spartan boys aged 7 onwards., Bell Cuirass - Ancient Greek bronze body armour (breastplate) in the shape of a bell., Corinthian-style Helmet - A helmet made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, Enomotia - The name for a military band of sworn soldiers in ancient Greece. The smallest unit of the Spartan army, about 40 men., Greaves - Leg armour, typically made of bronze, Helot - Enslaved farmers from Laconia and Messenia, Hoplite - Citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields., Krypteia - Principally sought out and killed helots across Laconia and Messenia as part of a policy of terrorising and intimidating the enslaved population., Mora - Largest division of the army., Perioeci - Lived in the less-fertile areas of Spartan territory. Free but under Spartan control. Work as craftsmen., Phalanx - A rectangular mass military formation, Syssition - A dining group, Taxiarch - Brigadier or commander of the Spartan army., Tresantes - Spartans who had fled from the enemy. ‘Tremblers’. Were deprived of citizenship and branded ‘cowards’.,

Sparta at War

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