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From c. 650 BC Sparta was the dominant military power in Greece. By 362 BC it's role as the dominant military power was over.
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Gates of Fire . Whom would you cast in the major roles, and why? What would you change in the novel in order to translate it to the big screen?
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The full Spartan citizens decided issues in assembly. The executive group was the council of elders (Gerousia). The two kings were war leaders with religious duties.
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To become the best army in the world.
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Full Spartan citizens (Spartiates) formed the voting citizenry. Perioici (those living about) were landowners and entitled to be warriors but had no vote. Helots were serfs - the original population allotted to each Spartiate to work their ...
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The extended Spartan territory including Messenia was occupied by a serf population which always posed a threat of uprising (Spartan expeditionary forces always took seven serfs per hoplite with them as light infantry to reduce the potentia...
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