Sparta- Technology and Economy

Sparta Technology

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​Sparta produced bronze weapons, armour and statues figurines.

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Each soldier was fitted with the standard kit, including a bronze helmet, hoplon (shield), cuirass (breastplate), greaves to protect the lower legs, and a bronze-tipped spear and dagger

​Spartan Technology

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​Bronze was an alloy made from 90% copper, imported from Cyprus, and 10% tin imported from the West (Elba, Gaul and Britain).

​ The most famous pottery is that known as Laconian III, which is dated to the early 6th century BC. Its notable features included black figures painted on a yellow slip with elaborately incised detail and purple colouring. It is believed that this pottery was the work of one man, joined by others, but with the style dying out in the early 5th century BC. It proved to be very popular and was exported throughout the Greek world and found as far afield as Samos and Sicily.

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