Spartan army

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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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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 Theban army at Leuctra
linked to: Battle of Leuctra
eliteUnit Spartan hippeis
eliteUnitSize 300
enforcedValue collective over individual
equality among Spartiates
fullMilitaryServiceAge 20
governedBy Spartan kings
ephors
linked to: Spartan 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 Herodotus' Histories
linked to: works of Herodotus

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

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Athenian army opposedTo Spartan army
300 portraysGroup Spartans
linked to: Spartan army
Leonidas I army Spartan army
Brasidas militaryBranch Spartan army
Epaminondas opponent Spartan army
Agoge associatedWith Spartan army
Spartan mora near Lechaeum partOf Spartan army
Spartan navy partOf Spartan military
linked to: Spartan army
Spartan war party hadMembersFrom Spartan military leadership
linked to: Spartan army
polemarch positionIn Spartan army
polemarch authorityOver Spartan hoplites
linked to: Spartan army
Spartan hippeis partOf Spartan army
siege of Athens belligerent Lacedaemonian forces
linked to: Spartan army
Spartan mora usedBy Spartan army
Spartan mora partOf Spartan military system
linked to: Spartan army
Spartan mora subdivisionOf Spartan army
Siege of Mytilene (406 BC) belligerent Spartan forces
linked to: Spartan army