rebellion of Helots'. In order to maintain supremacy over the helots, the Spartans were forced to alter their way of life dramatically, from which developed a society focused upon a citizen's devotion to the state and military supremacy, discipline and austerity.
             Their strict educational system [agoge], it can be claimed, was therefore based on producing such a society. It is believed by many historians, including Bury and Meiggs, that the education system which produced devout, austere discipline among the citizens was in fact an attempt to produce a superior minority that could hold sway over the majority of &ap
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