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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Generate an image of a spartan army (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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Dithyrambos → militaryBranch → Spartan army ⓘ
Epitadas → militaryBranch → Spartan army ⓘ
subject linked to: Spartan commander Epitadas