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"Sparta (Doric
Σπάρτα;
Attic
ΣπάρτηSpartē) was a
city-state in
ancient Greece, situated on the
River Eurotas in the southern part of the
Peloponnese.From
c. 650 BC it rose to become the dominant
military power in the region and as such was
recognized as the overall leader of the combined
Greek forces during the
Greco-Persian Wars.Helots were the majority inhabitants of
Sparta (over 80% of the population according to
Herodotus).
They were ritually humiliated and during the
Crypteia they could be legally killed by
Spartan citizens.
Between 431 and 404 BC Sparta was the principal
enemy of
Athens during the
Peloponnesian War.
By 362 BC Sparta's role as the dominant military
power in Greece was over. Sparta continues to
fascinate
Western culture; an admiration of Sparta is
called
laconophilia"
Source:
Wikipedia
