Athens and Sparta

[Imperial Dave]

https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/10/athens-sparta-compare/

Chalk and cheese...

[Erpingham]

Strange that, in comparing the societies, the fact that the vast majority of the Spartan population were from a slave class, enabling all that military goings on among the citizens, seems to have been missed.  Not that the Athenians didn't use slaves in the silver mines - not a long term career.

[Imperial Dave]

The mines were a one way trip...