... system had originally brought Sparta to her hegemony in 404 BC with victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War, flawed elements within her own economic system and the conservative nature of her leaders throughout the period had eventually led to the state's decline. These elements included an imperialistic campaign despite the rigid structure of Sparta's limited economy, the process of land ... that the one of main reasons for Sparta's transformation into a military state after the savage second Messenian War in the 6th century was to create a state of soldiers to effectively control t...

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