Sparta

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ancient Greek city-state polis

Sparta was a prominent ancient Greek city-state known for its militaristic society, rigorous citizen training, and dominant land-based army.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Sparta canonical 333
Lacedaemon 17
Spartan state 8

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state ⓘ
polis ⓘ
alliance Peloponnesian League ⓘ
capitalOf Laconia ⓘ
citizenClass Helots ⓘ
Perioikoi ⓘ
Spartiates ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
currencyPractice use of iron bars instead of gold or silver ⓘ
declinePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
defeatBy Thebes ⓘ
defeatIn Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment diarchy ⓘ
mixed constitution ⓘ
oligarchy ⓘ
hasInstitution Agoge ⓘ
Apella ⓘ
Spartan Ephors ⓘ
surface form: Ephors

Gerousia ⓘ
knownFor Peloponnesian League leadership ⓘ
discipline and austerity ⓘ
dominant land-based army ⓘ
dual kingship ⓘ
helot system ⓘ
militaristic society ⓘ
rigorous citizen training ⓘ
language Doric Greek ⓘ
lawCodeAttributedTo Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) ⓘ
surface form: Lycurgus
leaderInWar Peloponnesian War ⓘ
locatedIn Laconia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Eurotas River ⓘ
militaryStrength land army ⓘ
militaryWeakness naval power ⓘ
modernSite near modern city of Sparti in Greece ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Plataea ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
notableKing Agesilaus ⓘ
surface form: Agesilaus II

Leonidas I ⓘ
Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) ⓘ
peakInfluencePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
primaryDeity Apollo ⓘ
Orthia ⓘ
surface form: Artemis Orthia

Athena ⓘ
surface form: Athena Chalkioikos
rival Argos ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
socialSystem eunomia (good order) ⓘ
trainingSystem Agoge ⓘ
victoryIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
womenStatus relatively high property rights for women ⓘ

Referenced by (386)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classical Athens → rival → Sparta ⓘ
Greek Antiquity → hasNotableCity → Sparta ⓘ
Taygete → child → Sparta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lacedaemon
Taygete → associatedPlace → Sparta ⓘ
Second Sacred War → belligerent → Sparta ⓘ
Second Sacred War → allyOf → Sparta ⓘ
Xenophon → associatedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Peloponnesian War → conflictBetween → Sparta ⓘ
Peloponnesian War → mainBelligerent → Sparta ⓘ
Gaia → worshipPlace → Sparta ⓘ
Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Sparta ⓘ
Athena → worshippedIn → Sparta ⓘ
Third Sacred War → hasParticipant → Sparta ⓘ
Peloponnese → contains → Sparta ⓘ
Peloponnese → wasCenterOf → Sparta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spartan state
Telemachus → goesOnJourneyTo → Sparta ⓘ
Ares → worshipCenter → Sparta ⓘ
Leda → associatedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Artemis → majorSanctuary → Sparta ⓘ
Helen of Troy → associatedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Helen of Troy → abductedFrom → Sparta ⓘ
Helen of Troy → origin → Sparta ⓘ
Penelope → hasOrigin → Sparta ⓘ
Aphrodite → worshipCenter → Sparta ⓘ
Byzantium → besiegedBy → Sparta ⓘ
Atreid dynasty → associatedWithPlace → Sparta ⓘ
Doric Greek → associatedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasMajorCity → Sparta ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasPoliticalSystem → Sparta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spartan oligarchy
Classical Greece → hasNotableInstitution → Sparta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spartan Gerousia
Tarentum → alliedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Alcibiades → allegiance → Sparta ⓘ
Alcibiades → tookRefugeIn → Sparta ⓘ
Greco-Persian Wars → belligerent → Sparta ⓘ
Delian League → conflictWith → Sparta ⓘ
Delian League → dissolvedBy → Sparta ⓘ
Long Walls → opponent → Sparta ⓘ
Phlius → alliedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Corinth → alliedWith → Sparta ⓘ
Thebes → laterOpposed → Sparta ⓘ
Themistocles → opposedBy → Sparta ⓘ
Corinthian War → belligerent → Sparta ⓘ
Corinthian War → opponent → Sparta ⓘ
Megara → allyOf → Sparta ⓘ
Archidamian War → conflictBetween → Sparta ⓘ
Archidamian War → belligerent → Sparta ⓘ
Iphicrates → opponent → Sparta ⓘ
Battle of Pylos → combatant → Sparta ⓘ
Apollo Agyieus → hasCultCenter → Sparta ⓘ
Mount Taygetus → near → Sparta ⓘ