WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Starting at age 7, ALL Spartan children were trained how to:
A
Sing
B
Paint
C
Fight
D
Farm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Even in ancient times, the Spartans were famous for the way they lived. From a very young age, Spartan children learned to fight and practise rigour, physical fitness and obeying orders. They also staged pretend battles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Meaning “a leading, ‘’ this thirteen-year physical, military, religious, and moral education trained a boy in the aptitudes, knowledge, and virtues he would need to become a man and join the Homoioi-the “Equals” or “Peers.” Only these Spartiates could become full citizens of Lacedaemon and join its elite warrior class.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spartan boys started their military training at age 7, when they left home and entered the Agoge. The boys lived communally under austere conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spartan boys began their military training at age 7, and men served in the army until age 60. In Athens, women and slaves had far fewer rights than men had. Spartan women had more rights than other Greek women, such as owning property.

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