people
The Lacedaemonians
the Lacedaemonians
also: Spartans
The citizens of Sparta, famed for martial discipline; they barred their men from contests decided by a loser's surrender, prizing the appearance of being unconquered.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.3.1 the Lacedaemonians
The Spartans, who barred their citizens from the pancratium and boxing — contests decided by the loser's surrender — so that a Spartan should never be seen to yield.
- On Benefits §5.14.4 among the Lacedaemonians
Sparta was said to have used stamped leather (or iron) tokens for money in place of gold and silver — an austerity measure ascribed to Lycurgus.
- On Providence §4.11 Lacedaemonians
The Spartans, whose youths were ritually flogged at the altar of Artemis Orthia as a public test of endurance — their fathers urging them to bear the lash; Seneca's image for god's hard schooling of good men.
- Natural Questions §4.13.9 the Lacedaemonians
The Spartans, famed for austerity; they are said to have expelled perfumers for wasting oil.