SpartaLR


 * Sparta was a city-state in Greece. Sparta was a militaristic state and military fitness began at birth. The father brought his son to the Gerousia, they decided whether it was "puny and deformed". If it was, it was thrown over a chasm on Mount Taygetos . Women played a huge role in the Sparta . Queen Gorgo was the wife of Leonidas. She was said to be responsible for decoding a warning that the Persian forces were about to invade Greece, after Spartan generals could not decode a wooden tablet covered in wax, she ordered them to clear the wax, revealing the warning. In 480 B.C. a small force of Spartans, Thespians, and Thebans led by king Leonidas made a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae.[[image:http://www.fwyoungadultministries.org/uploads/a_spartan_soldier.jpg width="537" height="560" align="right" caption="Spartan Warrior" link="23. RUBIO"]] **