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Wikipedia: Sparta or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the River Eurotas in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. From c. 650 BC, following the reforms of Lycurgus, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.
![[The theater of ancient Sparta with Mt. Taygetus in the background.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ancient_sparta_theater_s.jpg "The theater of ancient Sparta with Mt. Taygetus in the background.")
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![[Young Spartans Exercising by Edgar Degas (1834-1917).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Young_Spartans_National_Gallery_NG3860_s.jpg "Young Spartans Exercising by Edgar Degas (1834-1917).")
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![[Statue of King Leonidas I in Sparta]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Leonidas_statue1b_s.jpg "Statue of King Leonidas I in Sparta")
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![[* 17:54, 6 January 2006 Larsinio 162x216 (11074 bytes)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lycurgus_s.jpg "* 17:54, 6 January 2006 Larsinio 162x216 (11074 bytes)")
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![[Marble statue of a helmed hoplite , Archæological Museum of Sparta, Greece]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Helmed_Hoplite_Sparta_s.jpg "Marble statue of a helmed hoplite , Archæological Museum of Sparta, Greece")
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