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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Chapter 12 Spartan Black Broth, Fifty Foods that Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Chapter 12: Spartan Black Broth


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1. The Battle of Thermopylae took place in 480 BCE.
2. True, Spartan society had three classes.
3. The perioikoi were workers and traders.
4. The helots were slaves.
5. The council of elders threw off cliffs newborn boys who were not healthy enough to grow into soldiers.
6. Spartan boys were separated by the age of 7.
7. Agoge was the name of the military school.
8. A syssitia is a small group of soldiers who lived and ate together.
9. The boys who couldn't pass military school were returned to Spartan society as perioikoi.
10. The Battle of Thermopylae lasted 3 days.
11. The Persian Army was 150,000 men strong.
12. The Greek Army was 7,000 men strong.
13. The Spartan Army was 300 men strong.
14. King Xerxes led the Persian Army.
15. King Leonidas led the Greek and Spartan Army.

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