From Boys to Men - The Impressive Spartan Training System

Sparta came under the influence of the legendary lawgiver, Lycurgus. He came up with a system of education and training to be completed by every Spartan citizen. It was so revolutionary for the time, that it allowed the Spartans to dominate everyone who dared. meet them in the field. In their prime,allowed them to stand undefeated for over. one hundred and fifty years…. In this video, we will reveal the fascinatingmethods behind lycurgs’ innovative training. system. We are currently watching "Understanding Greekand Roman Technology", a series that covers the engineering behind many interesting buildings and mechanisms of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Click the link in the description if you wantto support our channel and start your free. trial with Wondrium today!. Click the linked link to help us out with our sponsor Wondrium, a premier streaming service offeringmany entertaining and educational documentaries. Click here to help Wondrium out with their sponsorship of this video. The Great CoursesPlus has rebranded to Wondrium,. and have more and better content to feed yourthirst for knowledge. Their content is always well researched andoften presented by leading experts in the. field, and more. Their content is alwayswell researched and often presented byleading experts in. the field,. and more!. Their programmes are always entertaining and entertaining, and always have the answers to everything you’ve ever wondered about,. and even more!. Click here for more information about Wondrium, and to see more of their programming and content on their platforms such as The Great CoursesPlus, The Great  Courses Plus, and The Spartan Institute and The Ancient Culture of Sparta - click here to see the full compilation of wondrium’s educational documentaries. The great coursesPlus have more and better content on their platform than any other platform, and have the answer to everything you’re ever worried about, and more than you have ever wondered about,. and more than you know about the ancient Greece and the Roman world. Click here to learn more about the Great CoursesPlus, which has more and better content than any other streaming service on the world at the right time. The first category was very similar in ideato a modern boarding school. Young Spartans would leave their familiesto learn about letters, music, poetry, singing,. and sport. And though the girls were excluded from themore rigorous and extreme system of the Agoge,. they were still expected to perform the sameexercises as the boys, like fighting and running,. as it was believed that both parents had tobe in peak condition to produce the best possible offspring. For the boys,. the system was divided into3 age categories; children, adolescents and young adults.. The first category was very like amodern boarding school, and gave a clear understanding of how deviceswere made and what limitations they had.. Most screw pumps for example, could not operate at an angle greater than 45 degrees and so. had limited uses. The second category was similar to the one used by the Romans in the Battle of Thermopylae, in which the boys were taught to fight and defend themselves. The girls were also expected to do the same exercises as boys, but they were not excluded from the system, as it was believed that both parents were in peak condition. To our modern eyes, LyCurgus’ system representsan interesting and extreme experiment that can’t be replicated today - what would happenif an entire community was isolated from the rest of the world and brought up through constantdiscipline, physical exercise, and resistance to struggle, with these being held as a socialnorm and reason for existence for every individual.. In theory, this would produce a perfect societyof tough individuals, with built in qualities. to show respect, endure the struggles of lifeand always strive for perfection.. Now let us see how Lycurgerus implemented hisidea into a real system, and if it achieved. the intended results he wanted….