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    Spartan culture placed great emphasis on warfare and military training. Spartan boys were sent to military school at age 7 and were not considered citizens until age 60 after decades of military service. Spartan warriors wore heavy armor into battle and fought using the phalanx formation, standing shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation with spears and shields. Spartan culture lasted from around 1600 BCE to 404 BCE and valued skill in warfare above all else.

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    Spartan culture placed great emphasis on warfare and military training. Spartan boys were sent to military school at age 7 and were not considered citizens until age 60 after decades of military service. Spartan warriors wore heavy armor into battle and fought using the phalanx formation, standing shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation with spears and shields. Spartan culture lasted from around 1600 BCE to 404 BCE and valued skill in warfare above all else.

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    8reasonswhyitwasn'teasybeingSpartan

    Inancientgreecewarfarewasseenasanecessaryact.ThecitystateofSpartaproducedwarriors
    thatwereknownforbravery,professionalismandskill.

    ThespartanarmybeganintheMyaeanage(1600BCEcento1100BCE).

    Spartansweresoforwarthattheyencouragedfightsamongchildrenaswellasallmalechildren
    wereforcedtogotomilitaryschoolattheageofsevenandwereonlyconsideredacitizenonce
    theyhadbeeninthemilitaryuntiltheywere60

    Ahoplitetypicallyhadabronze,muscledbreastplate,ahelmetwithcheekplates,aswellas
    greavesandothershinarmor.Theycarriedabowlshapedwoodandbronzeshieldcalledanaspis
    orhoplon,andwhenwornadispus.Itwasveryheavyandprotectedthewarriorfromchintoknee.

    http://www.ancientmilitary.com/spartanmilitary.htm

    Cultureonlylastedafewcenturies(431404B.C)

    Skillinwarfarewasavalueaboveallothers
    AncientSparta

    Atechniquethatmostifnotallbattleswerefoughtwasusingthephalanxformation.Thewaythis
    workedisitwasarectangularformationusingheavyinfantrythatwerearmedwithspears,shields
    andasetofheavyprotectivearmour.

    TheSpartanswerethefirstcitystatetousedemocracyastheirformofgovernment,andwasthe
    onlycitystatewherefemaleshadthesamerightsasmales.

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