Travel To The Best Polis
Sparta
Culture Activities
- Hunting- The most popular animal killed was deer and hares, and it was mostly a man activity
- Horse Racing- Healthy people raced their horses with one another
- Boar and Cock Fighting- When strong birds fought with one another and fought to the death and boar fighting is when wild boars were raised in captivity for boar fighting
Accommodations
- The houses were made out of dried mud bricks with red roof clay tiles
- Homes would usually be one story, but can have some two story houses as well
- Spartan houses would be often be painted white
- People would most often eat meat and fish
- They traveled by foot and they also traveled on horse back
Government
- Sparta is ruled by two leaders / kings, this was so they could check on one another and not act alone
- There is also a council made up of 28 elders / men who reached the age of 60
- There is a group of 5 ephors who over saw the laws
Social Structure
- Had two kings ruled the city, but they did have 28 council members
- The men were the highest ranking people
- The middle class were the Perioeci made up of farmers
- On the bottom of the Helots, they were slaves
School / Education
- The Spartan culture was not really educational, they want to focus on war and training
- Young boys were sent to military school at the age of 7, If they passed the test then then they will have to serve till 60
- Young boys were taught essential survival skills / given enough food to survive
- Young boys were also taught how to steal, lie, and cheat by getting away with it
- Young girls were taught the basic physical education like wresting, ect.
Travel Alerts
- When traveling to Sparta the rough mountain terrain
- You also might be seen as a Helot in the night, and get killed
- When getting to closer to Sparta you may also be looked as a slave or even a enemy