Considered a Garrison State, Sparta Could Take Credit for All

question 60

Multiple Choice

Considered a garrison state, Sparta could take credit for all the following except

• A)admiration from other Greeks for the courage, discipline, respect for law, physical training, and military prowess of its citizens.
• B)the successful long-term enslavement of the Messenians though the latter out-numbered Sparta ten to one.
• C)the use of the Peloponnesian League, which it led, for defense rather than aggression.
• D)the heroic victory of three hundred Spartans at Thermopylae against the vast invading Persian army.
• E)its victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War and its refusal to massacre the vanquished Athenians.

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