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Sparta was an a__c__e__t Greek p__l__s that was always p__e__a__ed for w____. Male Spartans would begin their t__a__n__ng as soldiers at age s________. Soldiers faced rigorous training and harsh d__s__i__l__ne while often being u__d__r__ed. Spartan w__m__n were in charge of many of the *d__i__y routines of the polis because the men were t__a__ni__g for war. Spartan women were known for their ability to endure p______ and h__r__s__ip and were prized for their ability to b______ strong Spartan w__r__i__rs. The Spartans e__s__a__ed many neighboring farmers the Spartans called h__________. Helots led harsh lives filled with *c__u__l__y. The Spartans forced the helots to turn over h______ of their crops to f______ the Spartan a______. Each year, Sparta would declare w____ on the helots and r__w__rd the s__l__i__rs who k__l__ed helots. Sparta was a d__s__i__l__n__d society that built a strong a______, but Sparta d__s__o__r__g__d new ideas and v__s__t__rs from other poli. Sparta would eventually come into conflict with A___________, a polis that *t__a__ed with others and e__c__u__a__ed new ideas. Sparta won the brutal P__l__p__n__e__i__n War with Athens, but Sparta eventually fell to a R________ army in 146BCE. .