This is where Sparta was located on modern maps.

This was the population in Sparta.

These were two unique weapons used by the Spartan army.

This was the name for the state-controlled education and military training system for all male citizens.

This is how Spartans hardened their feet and prepared for all types of weather.

This physical feature made Sparta vulnerable to attacks.

This was the number of soldiers in the Spartan army.

This was a war between Athens and Sparta lasting for 25 years.

Boys were required to do this at age 7.

This was the whipping competition that took place in front of the altar of Artemis.

These two city-states were located north of Sparta on the Peloponnesus.

These 100,000 local people that the Spartans had conquered.

Their primary job was to kill all Helots to keep them from rebelling.

Limiting the amount of food given as a training practice.

This was believed to help produce more vigorous offspring.

The seas on which Athens touched.

This legendary Athenian general wrote an eyewitness account of Sparta's military training

This was the ultimate battle formation.

This is why children remained silent and gave up their seats.

This is how Spartans dealt with unhealthy babies.

This is the type of landscape found throughout most of Sparta.

This city state was the biggest threat to Sparta's security.

This battle saw several hundred Spartans hold off tens of thousands of Persians.

The prince regarded as the founder of formal Spartan education.

He was an acclaimed Greek historian who wrote Parallel Lives.