Spartans Had Special Locks On Their Doors

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Spartans had special locks on their doors.

Infanticide was a disturbingly common act in the ancient world but in sparta this practice was organized and managed by the state. Sparta spa locks and commercial door hardware at american locksets. Tell mfg offers a complete line of standard hollow metal doors to fit your needs spartan doors are available in 20 and 18 gauge steel. Spartan doors are available in a complete range of fire ratings up to 3 hours and are certified by underwriters laboratories.

Spartans had to prove their fitness even as infants. Heavy duty store door lever lock with small format ic core 730 00 459 90. Sparta had 60 ships and an unknown number of troops. Plato critias fragment 37 claimed that spartans had special locks on their doors because they had little trust of the helots.

Once upon a time the people of spartan ruled messenia and the helots revolted against the lacedaemonian lords. Music tip toe out the back by dan lebowitz. Spartans even had locks on their doors because they didn t really trust the helots which is weird because if you can t trust a people you ve conquered and would murder for sport then who can you trust. The relationship between the spartans and the helots was fractious at best.

Athens had 50 ships 90 hoplites and 540 light troops. 1948 spartan door lock handle repair. Much of the time period we now call the middle ages or medieval times was spent in conflict between france and england. In 411 bc athens with 76 ships defeated sparta with 86 ships in the battle of cynossema.

In 425 bc athens defeated sparta in the battle of pylos. Schlage nd66pd spa heavy duty store door lever lock with 6 pin conventional cylinders. One day about 4 months into the tenancy the lead tenant we were light years ahead of dps rang up to ask if they could have locks on each of their bedroom doors. It is also known that the spartans had a secret police the krypteia who were responsible for keeping the helots in check.

Athens lost 8 ships. Free shipping all orders 200 and up. Sparta lost 18 ships. Initially it was a single agreement and they sorted out between themselves who had which room did anyone pay a bit more for a slightly bigger room etc.

As such for safety and protection against raiding bands of soldiers most if not all households employed the simple means.