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Helots were Messenian servants who lived in Sparta after Sparta took over their homeland. They had very little rights and were treated as servants, though they are not considered common slaves because they often fought in wars and had families. In fact, if a helot served honorably in a war, it could be possible that they would be allowed to be free. yo yo yo
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y ago"Helots" was the name for the slaves of the Spartan citizens. Force is a traditional way of slaveholders to keep their slaves in line. Moreover, Spartan law explicitly allowed its citizens to use any kind of force (including killing) on its Helots with impunity. As history has shown over and over, giving any group of people unlimited and unchecked power over another group of people always and invariably leads to excesses and violence.
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∙ 10y agoThe Spartans took helots to war with them - for two reasons.
First was to use them as light infantry and archers.
Second was that the helots outnumbered the Spartan citizens by a large factor, so that they took seven helots for each Spartan armoured warrior with them went they went on campaign to reduce the number left at home and able to get up to mischief in their absence.
It is rarely mentioned, but at the fight at Thermopylae as well as the 300 Spartan warriors who died, 2,100 helots died fighting with them.
At the battle of Plataea the following year, as well as the 5,000 Spartan hoplites there were 35,000 helots backing them up - making it by far the largest contingent in the Greek army facing the Persians.
After a series of wars, the numbers of Spartan warriors declined seriously, and during the Peloponnesian War, helots were recruited as armoured warriors as well, on a promise that if they served well they would be freed from serfdom.
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∙ 12y agothe helots were captive works from ancient Greece. this name comes from the Greek word for "capture". but I'm not sure the answer to the second question. sorry:(
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∙ 14y agothey were treated terribly with very little rights. they did get to live with there families though.
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Who were the native people the Spartans enslaved to do work?
Helots
I was a member of a group who had to work on Spartans' farms. Who am I?
helots
What would Spartans do if they couldn't grow crops.?
The Spartans did not grow crops. The serf population (helots) were obliged to deliver half their produce to the Spartan state, which distributed it to the Spartan citizens.
Why did Spartans stress military training?
Because the leaders thought that a military society created more obedient and loyal citizens
How did fear revolts by the helots influence life in Sparta?
Basically, since the Spartans and Lacedaemonians (people who lived around Sparta were in constant fear of being attacked by hordes of revolting helots, they changed their life style. They made sure that every farmer and able bodied man was able to take up arms, they developed a higher interest in the wellbeing of the state, and changed themselves into completely militarily oriented killing machines. hi
What did the Spartans do to the helots that defeated them?
If the helots defeated the Spartans, the Spartans, being defeated, could not do anything to them.
What did Spartans call their slaves?
Helots
Why did the Spartans treat the Helots badly?
The Helots were the Spartans slaves. If the Spartans treated them well they would have been more likely to successfully rebel.
What did the Spartans call their captive workers?
Helots
The Spartans called their captive workers what?
Helots
The Spartans called their captive workers?
Helots
What did the Spartans call the captive workers?
Helots
How did the helots make the Sparta a military power?
Spartans needed to be able to keep helots at bay
Why were helots important?
Helots were important because they revolted often. The average Spartan citizen had 12 helots to himself. So, the helots outnumbered the Spartans. The helots' large rebellions caused the Spartans to strenghten their army. This constant test of military ability made the Spartan military strong and powerful.
Who were the native people the Spartans enslaved to do work?
Helots
What were Spartans slaves called?
Spartan Slaves, or to be more accurate, serfs, were called helots. Sparta became the military state as most know it by today after a revolution of the helots, in which many Spartans died, but were able to gain control over the helots and began to build a viscous army
Can you use helots in a sentence?
The ancient Spartans used serfs that they called 'helots' to do the work and keep their economy running.
