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.

Aliases (8)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city-state → polis →
alliance	Peloponnesian League →
capitalOf	Laconia →
citizenClass	Helots → Perioikoi → Spartiates →
country	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 → 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 →
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 II → Leonidas I → Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) →
peakInfluencePeriod	5th century BCE →
primaryDeity	Apollo → Artemis Orthia → Athena Chalkioikos →
rival	Argos → Athens → Thebes →
socialSystem	eunomia (good order) →
trainingSystem	Agoge →
victoryIn	Peloponnesian War →
womenStatus	relatively high property rights for women →

Referenced by (114)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aetolians → Boeotians → Corinth → Phlius → Phocian League → Sicyon → Tarentum →	alliedWith
Archidamian War → Battle of Aegospotami → Battle of Amphipolis → Battle of Plataea → Corinthian War → Greco-Persian Wars → Second Sacred War →	belligerent
Doric Greek → Helen of Troy → Leda → Lysander ("Spartan Empire") → Xenophon → Ταϋγέτη ("Λακεδαίμων") →	associatedWith
Athenian navy → Cleon → Corinthian War → Iphicrates → Long Walls →	opponent
Brasidas → Leonidas I → Lysander → Pleistoanax →	citizenship
Battle of Arginusae → Battle of Mycale → Battle of Pylos → Battle of Thermopylae →	combatant
Leonidas I → Lysander → Pleistoanax → Spartan army →	country
Laconia → Peloponnese → Southern Greece →	contains
Battle of Lechaeum → First Macedonian War → Third Sacred War →	hasParticipant
Alcibiades → Lysander →	allegiance
Megara → Second Sacred War →	allyOf
Lysander → Pleistoanax →	birthPlace
Archidamian War → Peloponnesian War →	conflictBetween
Apollo Karneios → Hyacinthus →	cultCenter
Eurotas River → Mount Taygetus →	near
Battle of Sybota → Themistocles →	opposedBy
Helen of Troy → Hyacinthus →	origin
Aphrodite → Ares →	worshipCenter
Helen of Troy →	abductedFrom
Brasidas →	alliance
Taygete →	associatedPlace
Atreid dynasty →	associatedWithPlace
Byzantium →	besiegedBy
Peace of Nicias →	between
Laconia →	capital
Karneia →	celebratedIn
Taygete ("Lacedaemon") →	child
Delian League →	conflictWith
Pleistoanax →	deathPlace
Battle of Amphipolis →	decisiveFor
Hellenica →	describesPolity
Delian League →	dissolvedBy
Peloponnesian League →	dominantMember
Telemachus →	goesOnJourneyTo
Age of Pericles →	hasConflictWith
Apollo Agyieus →	hasCultCenter
Classical period →	hasCulturalCenter
Classical period →	hasMainTerritory
Classical Greece →	hasMajorCity
Amphictyonic League →	hasMember
Greek Antiquity →	hasNotableCity
Classical Greece ("Spartan Gerousia") →	hasNotableInstitution
Penelope →	hasOrigin
Thirty Years' Peace →	hasParties
Classical Greece ("Spartan oligarchy") →	hasPoliticalSystem
Kalamata →	hasRoadConnectionTo
Laconia →	historicalCapital
Eurotas River ("ancient Sparta") →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Laconia ("Spartan civilization") →	knownFor
Scillus →	laterControlledBy
Thebes →	laterOpposed
Peloponnesian League →	leader
Peace of Nicias →	locationSigned
Peloponnesian War →	mainBelligerent
History of the Peloponnesian War →	mainSubject
Artemis →	majorSanctuary
Mount Taygetus →	nearestCity
Dorians →	notablePolis
Ταϋγέτη ("Λακεδαίμων") →	offspring
Pleistoanax ("Lacedaemon") →	regionRuled
Classical Athens →	rival
Agesilaus →	setting
Battle of Aegospotami →	supportedSide
Alcibiades →	tookRefugeIn
Dorians →	traditionalAssociation
Peace of Nicias →	treatyParty
Apollo Karneios →	veneratedIn
Peloponnese ("Spartan state") →	wasCenterOf
Agesilaus →	workAbout
Athena →	worshippedIn
Gaia →	worshipPlace