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SPARTAN WARRIORS
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Spartan warriors were intense because they started their training around seven.

Spartan boys started their training around 7 years old, then later around 14 they would go through tests, if they passed they got to sleep on beds of their own findings. They also could only wear cloaks in summer and winter, if you wore anything else then you would be punished harshly. Spartan boys at age 12 were not fed as much and were incouraged to steal without getting caught, if they were caught they would be punished, not for stealing but for getting caught. In 371 B.C. Sparta was defeated by Thebes in the battle of Leuctra which triggered the slow downfall

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