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The Spartan Education System The Spartans developed an education system and militarily based society that has never been rivalled since. The Spartan system was so unique and radical it shocked Greece at the time, and is still intriguing historians to this day. The system itself brought the children up from babies to men with one major focus, to be warriors to carry the noble name of Sparta. The system was also different to many societies of the time as women had an important role in society; they were not just wives, maids and mothers. The information that we do have about the system is not only very scarce but also quite unreliable. Some of the main sources we do have however are by Plutarch, Xenophon and Aristotle. The Spartan youths were split into different age groups so the education of the boys could be gradually increased as the age increased making true...

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