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Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC

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Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC — geography and sources, social structure and government, the economy and the helots, the army, religion, culture, the agoge, women, and the causes of Sparta's decline, with how to answer the Section II question.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2Geography and sources
  3. 3Social structure
  4. 4Government
  5. 5The economy
  6. 6The army
  7. 7Religion, death and burial
  8. 8Cultural life
  9. 9Everyday life
  10. 10Change and decline to 371
  11. 11Common mistakes
  12. 12Exam tips
  13. 13Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Which geographical feature lay between Laconia and Messenia?

  1. AThe Taygetus mountain range
  2. BThe Eurotas River
  3. CThe Parnon mountain range
  4. DThe Isthmus of Corinth

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Which of the following was a power of the five ephors?

  1. AMaking laws alone without any vote of the assembly
  2. BCommanding the army in battle in place of the kings
  3. CSupervising the kings and declaring war on helots yearly
  4. DHolding office for life after election at the age of sixty

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

What do modern historians mean by the ‘Spartan mirage’?

  1. ASparta's buildings were so modest that the city looked deserted
  2. BMuch of our evidence is idealised or hostile writing by outsiders
  3. CSpartan poets invented false histories of the Messenian Wars
  4. DSparta deliberately spread false reports about its army to deter enemies

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