Ancient Sparta and her heroes. Printedova L.

Sparta occupied a special position among Greek policies. Here, for the first time in history, the principle of absolute equality of all full -fledged citizens was implemented. A side result was the suppression of any attempts to stand out from the total mass. Even the leaders of Sparta, Geronts and Ephrains, with rare exceptions, are not known to us, and those few kings whose names came to us, as a rule, were tragically. Tsar Clemen was forced to suicide, without a trial they executed the regent of Pausanias and Tsar Agis, sentenced the kings of Plistoanakt and Pausanias to the lifelong exile, deprived the throne of Demarat and Leotichid, sent small detachments to the faithful death of Tsar Leonid and the commander of Lysandra. About how equalization ideas made the outstanding leaders of the country by persons of non -grata and ultimately led the Spartians to degeneration, says Larisa Pintoynova’s book.

Larisa Printed - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of History of Ancient Greece and Rome Sanct -Petersburg State University.