Spartan army

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ancient army military institution

The Spartan army was the highly disciplined and professional land force of ancient Sparta, renowned for its rigorous training, strict military culture, and effectiveness in hoplite warfare.

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Surface form Occurrences
Spartans 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient army ⓘ
military institution ⓘ
alliedWith Peloponnesian League ⓘ
armorType bronze cuirass ⓘ
citizenSoldierStatusAge 30 ⓘ
cloakColor red ⓘ
commandStructure dual kingship ⓘ
coreUnitType hoplite ⓘ
country Sparta ⓘ
culturalIdeal dying in battle over surrender ⓘ
defeatedBy Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
surface form: Theban army at Leuctra
eliteUnit Spartan hippeis ⓘ
eliteUnitSize 300 ⓘ
enforcedValue collective over individual ⓘ
equality among Spartiates ⓘ
fullMilitaryServiceAge 20 ⓘ
governedBy Spartan kings ⓘ
Spartan Ephors ⓘ
surface form: ephors
helmetType Corinthian helmet ⓘ
includedGroup helot attendants ⓘ
influenced Roman perceptions of discipline ⓘ
later Greek military systems ⓘ
knownFor courage ⓘ
discipline ⓘ
endurance ⓘ
hoplite warfare ⓘ
laconic ethos ⓘ
military culture ⓘ
obedience to orders ⓘ
phalanx tactics ⓘ
professionalism ⓘ
rigorous training ⓘ
languageOfCommand Doric Greek ⓘ
legalCodeInfluence Lycurgan reforms ⓘ
locatedIn Laconia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
logisticsSupport helot baggage carriers ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) ⓘ
Battle of Plataea ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ
primaryFormation phalanx ⓘ
primaryWeapon doru spear ⓘ
punishedBehavior cowardice ⓘ
religiousFestivalConstraint Carneia ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
religiousPractice sacrifices before battle ⓘ
representedIn works of Herodotus ⓘ
surface form: Herodotus' Histories

Xenophon's Hellenica ⓘ
surface form: Xenophon's works
retirementAge 60 ⓘ
secondaryWeapon xiphos short sword ⓘ
shieldType aspis ⓘ
socialClass Perioikoi ⓘ
Spartans ⓘ
surface form: Spartiates
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
trainingStartAge 7 ⓘ
trainingSystem agoge ⓘ
unitCommanderTitle lochagos ⓘ
polemarch ⓘ
usedTactic oblique phalanx variations ⓘ
refused pursuit of routed enemy ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Leonidas I → army → Spartan army ⓘ
Brasidas → militaryBranch → Spartan army ⓘ
Athenian army → opposedTo → Spartan army ⓘ
300 → portraysGroup → Spartan army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spartans