Lycurgan reforms

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The Lycurgan reforms were a legendary set of Spartan laws and institutions attributed to the lawgiver Lycurgus that shaped Sparta into a highly militarized, disciplined, and austere society.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lycurgan reforms canonical 3
Cleomenean reforms 1
Spartan land reforms 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan constitutional system ⓘ
set of laws ⓘ
aimedToCreate austere society ⓘ
disciplined society ⓘ
highly militarized society ⓘ
appliedIn Sparta ⓘ
associatedWith Great Rhetra ⓘ
corePrinciple equality among Spartan citizens ⓘ
military training as central civic duty ⓘ
subordination of individual to polis ⓘ
suppression of luxury ⓘ
describedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
emphasized collective over individual interests ⓘ
endurance and hardship ⓘ
military discipline ⓘ
obedience to law ⓘ
hasReputationAs legendary origin ⓘ
includesInstitution Spartan assembly (apella) ⓘ
linked to: Spartan assembly

agoge ⓘ
dual kingship ⓘ
ephorate ⓘ
gerousia ⓘ
linked to: Gerousia

syssitia ⓘ
influenced Greek perceptions of Sparta ⓘ
Spartan military dominance in Classical period ⓘ
Spartan political institutions ⓘ
Spartan social structure ⓘ
introduced annual election of ephors ⓘ
common meals for male citizens ⓘ
communal upbringing of boys ⓘ
council of elders ⓘ
iron money ⓘ
state-controlled education ⓘ
limited economic inequality among Spartiates ⓘ
namedAfter Lycurgus ⓘ
regulates common messes for citizens ⓘ
education of Spartan males ⓘ
land distribution among citizens ⓘ
marriage and family life ⓘ
treatment of helots ⓘ
use of money ⓘ
restricted foreign travel and influence ⓘ
use of gold and silver ⓘ
scholarlyStatus partly historical and partly mythical ⓘ
supported maintenance of a full-time hoplite citizen body ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
traditionalDate between 9th and 7th centuries BCE ⓘ
viewedAs model of austerity in later political thought ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Spartan army → legalCodeInfluence → Lycurgan reforms ⓘ
mixed constitution (Sparta) → influencedBy → Lycurgan reforms ⓘ
Agoge → influencedBy → Spartan laws of Lycurgus ⓘ
linked to: Lycurgan reforms
Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) → associatedWith → Spartan land reforms ⓘ
linked to: Lycurgan reforms
Spartiates → legalCodeAssociation → Lycurgan reforms ⓘ
Cleomenes III of Sparta → knownFor → Cleomenean reforms ⓘ
linked to: Lycurgan reforms