Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece, and probably it earned its status for a good reason. Spartans valued strengths of its army probably the most. Perhaps on the one side it's a really good thing, but life it's not only war, and I don't think that it was really smart to turn every man into killing machine and kill those who could not become one. Athens, for example, became really …
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…social similarities different values and completely different lifestyles. Probably Sparta was a bit different from all Greece city-states, but it was a complete opposite of philosophically orientated Athens. <Tab/>Overall I think that Spartans achieved their goals and they were one of the most powerful city state in Greece, but I doubt that it was the best way to do it, and, probably, would not want to be one of them.