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Sparta, or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, located in the southeastern Peloponnese. It rose to prominence around the 10th century BCE, when Dorian Greeks settled there after the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization. According to legend, Sparta was founded by King Lacedaemon and named after his wife, Sparta.  In its early years, Sparta was much like other Greek city-states: small, agricultural, and ruled by kings. Over time, however, it developed a unique and highly militarized society. Yet, Sparta (‘the sown land’?) lies 56 km. (35 miles) south of Tegea, and 48 km. (30 mi.) north of Gytheum, at the heart of the fertile alluvial valley of the Eurotas in the district of Laconia Southwest Peloponnes. Dorians, who were the occupants of Sparta, or Spartiates, enjoyed full civil rights, whereas the occupants of the villages around Sparta, the perioikoi, had only local independence. The subject population of the area ruled by Sparta (Laconia) had no rights what...