Y9 Classics 2: Sparta

Definition: A series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens) and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious.

• Punic Wars

• Persian Wars

• Thermopylae

• Oligarchy

Definition: Full Spartan citizens

• Helots

• Spartiate Equals

• Ephialtes

• Persian Wars

Definition: Persian military force that was never allowed to fall below ten thousand. When a member was killed, they were immediately replaced.

• Immortals

• Leonidas

• Ephialtes

• Invisibles

The Spartan military school that boys began attending at the age of seven.

• Attica

• Agoge

• Apella

• Helot

Another name for Sparta.

• Syssition

• Lacedaemon

• Laconia

• Plataea

Greek Historian, considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively, collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.

• Polis

• Leonidas

• Herodotus

• Xerxes

Dining club, all Spartan citizens would belong to one and they would eat together.

• Leonidas

• Immortals

• Satrapies

• Syssition

Definition: A government ruled by a king or queen.

• Monarchy

• Polis

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

Definition: The large land-mass which forms the southern part of mainland Greece.

• Attica

• Macedon

• Peloponnese

• Thermopylae

Definition: (c. 519-465 BC) King of Persia; his armies invaded Greece but were eventually defeated by the Greeks.

• Oligarchy

• Xerxes

• Pericles

• Leonidas