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• Ancient Sparta

Which goddess had a major sanctuary at Artemis Orthia in ancient Sparta?

Answer

Artemis

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

What was the name of Sparta’s communal dining system?

Answer

Syssitia

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• Ancient Sparta

Which river flowed beside the ancient Spartan settlement?

Answer

Eurotas

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• Ancient Sparta

How many ephors were elected each year in ancient Sparta?

Answer

Five

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

What was the Spartan institution that trained selected young men for secret surveillance of helots?

Answer

Krypteia

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

What was the name of the alliance led by Sparta during the classical Greek period?

Answer

Peloponnesian League

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

Which Spartan general commanded the Greek army at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE?

Answer

Pausanias

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• Ancient Sparta

How many elders, excluding Sparta’s two kings, served on the Gerousia?

Answer

28

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• Ancient Sparta

What were Sparta’s dependent agricultural laborers called in ancient Greece?

Answer

Helots

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• Ancient Sparta

Which 480 BCE battle saw King Leonidas lead a small Spartan force against Persia?

Answer

Thermopylae

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• Ancient Sparta

At what age did Spartan boys traditionally enter the agoge, Sparta’s state education system?

Answer

Seven

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• Ancient Sparta

What was the name of the ancient Greek city-state whose citizens were called Spartans?

Answer

Sparta

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