![]() Weak infants held no value, and every individual was under scrutiny, to ensure no one would prove to be the weak link in the Spartan community. In fact, the Spartans even practiced a very rudimentary version of genetic manipulation, by matching the men with the most favorable traits with the women with the most favorable traits to produce what they hoped would be the perfect warrior. ![]() ![]() Sparta raised its famed warriors from a very early age. Spartan life was relatively minimalistic, with nearly every aspect of Spartan life focusing in on one thing and one thing only – militant life. The site where Sparta supposedly stood in the Bronze Age, as seen today. In fact, this lifestyle and culture found in the city of Sparta helped form today’s English word of “Spartan,” meaning somewhat bare or minimalistic. ![]() ![]() As Grecian communities formed into more structured cities over time, one rose above the rest in terms of its harsh lifestyle and military single-mindedness. ![]()
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