Who was the Spartans

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 Sparta was a city-state of ancient Greece. its citizens,the Spartans,were renowned

for their military skill and their ability to do without luxuries.      

the city lay in other southern Greece , In the Peninsula of peloponnesus. Its people were

divided into 3 groups. The Spartans were the Aristo crates,trained as Warriors, Who owned
the land. the second group of  greeks, living under the Spartan rule, were called perioikoi.The
existed by

trading which was forbidden to true Spartans. the third group were helots,were the slaves,
who farmed The Spartan’s land  for them and had few rights. Spartan boys were taken from
their mothers at the age of 7. they were trained by State, mainly in gymnastics and the use of
weapons. men were not allowed to marry until they were 30.Spartan girls also had gymnastic
training, and gained considerable independence when grown up.