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SUMMARY: LIFE IN THE SPARTAN STATE

For nearly two centuries before the Spartans' mindset and views had diverged fundamentally from the views and beliefs of their ancestors and the rest of Greece, the Greek city-state was just like any other. When one speaks of the Spartan life, one means to talk of the Spartiate life. The institution of communal messes was not peculiar to the Greek city-state. Still, the Spartiates had embraced the institution in a far more thorough manner than the other citizens of other states did. The rise and fall of Spartan military power were said to be linked to the city's internal constitution and way of life of which its citizen imposed o. As the lawgiver intended to make the Spartiates as numerous as they can, the lawgiver induced the citizens to produce as many children as possible. In addition to this, there is a Spartan law that exempts a father of three sons from military service and a father of four from having to pay any taxes. While this process could be restricted based on the number of "e-rates" which is possible to be held by any single citizen, the reversal of this policy was improbable without a profound change of heart, as described by Aristotle; in the present instance, that was the state of affairs where the family was held in contempt, and as such, the disdain for families which is prevalent in Sparta is directly correlated to their love for war....