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Sparta | History, Location, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica

: At age seven, Spartan boys were removed from their homes and entered the agoge , a state-run training program designed to break personal ties and forge absolute loyalty to the state. Training involved physical competition, meager rations to encourage cleverness (stealing food was expected but punished if caught), and intense social pressure to never show weakness. Sparta

Unlike its rival Athens—a center for art and philosophy—Sparta was a militarized society where every full male citizen was, by law, a professional soldier. Sparta | History, Location, Population, Map, & Facts