Military training for a Spartan male began when he was still a boy, at the age of seven. The training began at such an early age to instill the notion that serving in the army was the greatest achievement for a Spartan. As the boys progressed in age their training intensified. Part of their training was to go barefoot at all times in order to run faster and scale heights better. They were also served only small amounts of food in order to make them tougher and stealing was sometimes acceptable - as long as they weren't caught. Stealing was permitted because they believed it made the boys craftier, while at the same time it refined their warlike skills. It is clear that Spartans valued military training above all else, even permitting stealing as long as it benefited their training. When the males

The ephors were powerful people in Spartan society and had a great deal of impact on the army. Incase of war the ephors decided who would go, they even gave instructions to the generals and recalled them if they failed. They had total control of the training and discipline of the young males and also chose the three captains of the elite force of the Spartan army. Due to the large masses of the helots the ephors had power of the krypteia (secret police) to keep the helots under control.

The main way in which Spartas militaristic nature had an impact on the perioeci was that their villages served as a wall or buffer zone against escaping helots and all of the adult male perioeci were expected to serve as foot soldiers along Spartiates, but they weren't involved in training. The perioeci were also involved in trade and commerce with the Spartiates. This enabled the Spartiates to focus their time on military matters. The perioeci had their own form of government but they owed their allegiance to Sparta and paid revenue to the Spartan kings.

The council consisted of twenty eight members plus the two kings and membership was restricted to Spartans over sixty years of age who didn't serve in the army anymore. These members held their office for life, as it was a reward for merit. If a Spartan served the army well and courageously then it would increase his chance of being elected by the assembly as a member of the council.

The militaristic nature of Spartan society extended even to the government. The Government had to be extremely stable, if Sparta was to always be ready for wa

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