Pourquoi Sparte a disparu ?
En 376 av. J. -C. (bataille de Naxos), Sparte est défaite, sa flotte militaire coulée par la marine de la nouvelle confédération athénienne, remettant définitivement en cause son hégémonie navale.
Pourquoi la Grèce antique a disparu ?
La christianisation, qui conduit à la disparition de la religion polythéiste grecque, et le délitement progressif des institutions des cités grecques antiques, à la même époque, marquent la fin de la civilisation grecque antique.
Comment s’appelait le territoire de Sparte ?
laconien
Le terme « laconien » est un terme géographique : la Laconie est la région de Sparte, le territoire et même le paysage de la cité spartiate. Les habitants de la Laconie sont les laconiens, c’est un terme assez vaste.
How were Spartiates supported by other social classes?
- Full citizen Spartiates were barred by law from work, and were supported by the other social classes of Spartan society. From a young age, male Spartiates were trained for battle and put through grueling challenges intended to craft them into fearless warriors.
What did the Spartiates do in ancient Sparta?
- Politically, Spartiate males composed the army assembly, the body that elected the ephors, the most powerful magistrates of Sparta after the kings. The Spartiates were also the source of the krypteia, a sort of secret police, which, by measures such as assassination and kidnapping, sought to prevent rebellion among the helots.
What is the difference between perioeci and Spartiates?
- Spartiates men were expected to prepare constantly for military conflict. Below the Spartiates were the perioeci, literally « dwellers around », inhabitants of outlying towns who carried out most of the trade and commerce of the city since Spartiates were forbidden from engaging in commercial activity.
What was the source of income for Spartiates?
- Each Spartiate male was assigned a plot of land, with the helots that worked it. That was the source of his income since he performed no labour or commerce himself. The primary use of that income was to pay the dues of the communal mess halls to which all Spartiates were required to belong.
