War and warfare unit 1 words - Sparta at War

agoge

the training school that all Spartan boys attend from age 7

enomotia

smallest unit of Spartan army

helots

a large class of enslaved native inhabitants of Messenia and Laconia who worked for their Spartan masters

hoplite

a heavily-armed Greek infantry soldier who fought in the phalanx

krypteia

a period of survival training for the strongest Spartans in their mid-to-late teens

mora (pl morai)

a name for a Spartan army regiment

perioeci

a group of people who lived in scattered, less fertile parts of Spartan territory

phalanx

a Greek rectangular fighting formation in which men fought in massed ranks and tried to force their way through the enemy phalanx opposing them

syssitia

dining-clubs of about 15 Spartans, which met every evening and shared a tent on campaign

taxiarch

a senior commander in the Spartan army

Demartus

a former Spartan king who had deflected to the Persians

Dienekes

one of the 300 remembered for his brave comments before the battle began

Ephialtes

A local Greek who told Xerxes about the mountain path to the other side of the pass at Thermopylae

Leonidas

the Spartan king who led the allies at Thermopylae

Xerxes

the Persian king and leader of the invasion in 480