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Sparta - Social Classes

Lacedaemonia included Helots and the perioikoi, but was dominated by a small class of Spartiates.
Helots
Helots were the Laconians the Spartans made subservient.
Perioikoi
Free men of Sparta who lacked the full citizenship rights of the Spartiate.
Spartiate
The powerful men of Sparta.

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