GREECE: SPARTAN SOCIETY TO THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA 371BC

The Carneia combined several ancient cults to emerge as a vintage festival. ... Spartan government was arranged in a hierarchy with the older men (Gerontes) of the council (Gerousia) and the 2 kings at the top of the ladder ... Hoplites had a double-edged sword, bronze leg-guards, bronze breast-plate and a bronze back-plate. ... ................
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