HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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10
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15
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20
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25
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Detailed explanation-1: -At age 20, Spartan males became full-time soldiers, and remained on active duty until age 60.
Detailed explanation-2: -“No man was allowed to live as he pleased, but in their city, as in a military encampment, they always had a prescribed regimen, ‘’ he wrote. As Cartledge writes in Spartan Reflections, it wasn’t until age 60 that Spartans finally were allowed to retire from the army-provided that they lived that long.
Detailed explanation-3: -At about the age of 20, Spartan men were given a difficult test of fitness, military ability, and leadership skills. If they passed, they became Spartan soldiers and full citizens. Even then, they continued to live in soldiers’ barracks, where they ate, slept, and trained with their classmates.
Detailed explanation-4: -Soldiers between the ages of 20 and 30 lived in army barracks and only occa-sionally visited their families. Spartan men stayed in the army until they turned 60. The Spartans believed that the most important qualities of good soldiers were self-discipline and obedience.