... was to make them well disciplined and steadfast in hardship and victorious in battle. For this reason, as boys grew older, the Spartans intensified their training; cutting their hair short and making them used to walking barefoot. When the boys reached the age of twelve, they no longer had tunics to wear, but got one cloak a year. Their bodies were tough and ... said, this is a lot like our democracy today, which is a representative democracy. The Athenians had a direct democracy, where the people had even more power than us in America. Education/Military Service Education was highly va...

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