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1. Sparta

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   Sparta, officially the Dorian state of Lacedaemon, was a prominent polis in ancient Greece, situated in the region of Laconia in the southeastern Peloponnese. Unlike its rival, Athens, Spartan society was characterized by an extreme dedication to military discipline, austerity, and a rigidly stratified social hierarchy[^1]. The entire political and social structure was predicated upon maintaining control over the subjugated Messenian and Laconian populations known as the [Hel…