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The likely total of 40,000–50,000 made Sparta one of the larger Greek city-states; [42] [43] however, according to Thucydides, the population of Athens in 431 BC was 360,000–610,000, making it much larger.
Sparta (Greek: Σπάρτη, Spárti) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece.It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley.The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2021) of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
Sparta went on to become a district of modern Greece. Brief mention is made of events in the post-classical periods. Dorian Sparta rose to dominance in the 6th century BC. At the time of the Persian Wars, it was the recognized leader by assent of the Greek city-states.
Alex SakalisThis is the latest edition of our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World.Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists.The ancient city-state, which walked the ...
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
[46] The state provided public education for girls and boys, and consequently, the literacy rate was higher in Sparta than in other Greek city-states. [47] In education, the Spartans gave sports the most emphasis. [47] Self-discipline, not kadavergehorsam (mindless obedience), was the goal of Spartan education. Sparta placed the values of ...
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, who were called the archagetai, [1] [n 1] coming from two separate lines.
Greece has uncovered ancient ruins that may be linked to Sparta in the time of the ancient Mycenaean civilization.