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1. Sparta

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   | Helots | State-owned serfs, primarily Messenian. | None; perpetual servitude. | Primary agricultural producers for the Spartiate households. |
   Citizenship among the Spartiates, known as the Homoioi (the Peers or Equals), was contingent upon successfully completing the state-sponsored education and training system, the agoge, and maintaining contributions to the communal messes, the syssitia. Failure to maintain these standards could result in demotion to the status of hypomeiones (inferiors) [^2]. The Spartan emphasis on equality among citizens was superficial, …