HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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They fought most of the wars.
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They performed farm work, gave half of their crops to Spartan citizens, and outnumbered Spartan citizens.
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They led a movement to change the government.
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They were in charge of boys’ military training.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The helots were the slaves of the Spartans. Distributed in family groups across the landholdings of Spartan citizens in Laconia and Messenia, helots performed the labour that was the bedrock on which Spartiate leisure and wealth rested.
Detailed explanation-2: -Summary. Helots were servile agricultural workers who supported Spartan full citizens, called Spartiates or Homoioi ‘peers’, freeing them from working or managing property.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Spartans forced the defeated people to become slaves called helots. They worked mostly on farms and had to give the Spartans half their crops. The helots rebelled many times.
Detailed explanation-4: -The agricultural production in Sparta was entirely done by the slave class of Sparta known as the helots. They were also responsible for most other nonskilled kinds of labor.
Detailed explanation-5: -Helots even accompanied Spartans into battle as both servants and soldiers, such as at the Battle of Thermopylae and Plataea. However, though the position of helot was not permanent, their harsh treatment still led to many rebellions throughout Spartan history.