Social+structure+and+political+organisation

= SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND POLITICAL ORGANISATION = Spartan warriors.

Syllabus content

 * the issue of Lycurgus (the Great Rhetra)
 * the roles and privileges of the two kings
 * government: //ephorate, gerousia, ekklesia//
 * social structure: Spartiates, //perioeci,// 'inferiors', helots
 * the role of the Spartan army
 * control of the helots: the military, //syssitia, krypteia//
 * artisans, helots
 * the educational system: //agoge//
 * the role and status of women: land owership, inheritance, education.

**Lesson Plans**

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Readings, notes and websites

 * The Spartans
 * Life in ancient Sparta
 * Women in Sparta

Summaries

 * Social structure and political organisation
 * The role and status of women

Model answers

 * The Spartan political system - model answer
 * Spartan society - model answer
 * The Spartan education system - model answer
 * Spartan women - model answer
 * The Spartan army - model answer
 * Lycurgus' reforms - model answer