Sparta was a society of warriors in which you had to be born into
- Spartan men were only allowed to be soldiers
- When boys turned 7, they began their intense education and military training program known as agoge
- Women were educated and had freedoms that other greek women did not
- Spartans stressed loyalty to the state was more important than loyalty to the family
- They always had two kings at a time
- Helots (slaves in Sparta) were treated brutally by Spartans and humiliated in public
