and 600 B.C. the lives of the Spartans were very organized and tightly controlled. Males spent their childhood learning military discipline. They then later enrolled in the army for military service at age twenty. The males continued to live in the military barracks until age thirty and then they could get married. All of the soldiers meals were eaten in public dining halls with other fellow soldiers. One of their main meals was black broth and it consisted of a piece of pork boiled in animal blood, salt, and vinegar. When visitors went to Sparta they knew why the Spartans were not afraid to die. The visitors thought the Spartans did not fear death because of the sick things they had to do and eat. At the age of thirty, the Spartan males were allowed to vote in an assembly. They could live at home, but they had to stay in the army until the age of
and 600 B.C. the lives of the Spartans were very organized and tightly controlled. Males spent their childhood learning military discipline. They then later enrolled in the army for military service at age twenty. The males continued to live in the military barracks until age thirty and then they could get married. All of the soldiers meals were eaten in public dining halls with other fellow soldiers. One of their main meals was black broth and it consisted of a piece of pork boiled in animal blood, salt, and vinegar. When visitors went to Sparta they knew why the Spartans were not afraid to die. The visitors thought the Spartans did not fear death because of the sick things they had to do and eat. At the age of thirty, the Spartan males were allowed to vote in an assembly. They could live at home, but they had to stay in the army until the age of