Spartan half-citizens were free, but they could not have any political power. They were the second-class citizens below the nobles and above the helots that were slaves.
An assembly of the Spartan citizens.
Spartan people valued strong citizens.
Spartan citizens had certain rights such as participating in government decisions and possessing land. However, these rights were limited to adult male citizens who completed the military training regimen. Women, slaves, and non-citizens did not have the same rights as Spartan citizens.
All Spartan male adults were citizens with equal rights. The Spartan territory had other peoples - the perioeci who lived in the countryside as landowners but were not Spartan citizens and the serfs who rendered half their produce to Sparta.
Spartans half-citizens were free but
The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
Spartan weapons were most likely created by the Perioki - the Spartan commoners. They handled all the commerce for the city, such as trade, fishing, blacksmithing etc. This enabled the Spartiates (full-citizens) could focus on their training.
The citizens - Sparta was a limited democracy.
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All the Spartan male citizens.