tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post7798698308942242754..comments2024-03-03T16:35:07.668-08:00Comments on Roman Times: Were Sparta's "Happy Helots" a template for Roman slavery?Mary Harrschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01812961655356354800noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-50816762044930132902011-11-01T06:04:39.556-07:002011-11-01T06:04:39.556-07:00There are a lot of similarities between Rome and S...There are a lot of similarities between Rome and Sparta:<br /><br />The form of government is the same.<br />http://www.sparta.markoulakispublications.org.uk/index.php?id=105<br /><br />The upper body of the Doric Cretan and Spartan republics was called "gerousia", old men just as "Senatus" in Latin means Old men. <br /><br />The red crests on the helmets.<br /><br />The way in which Officer helmets had the crest aligned from side to side instead of from chest to back.<br /><br />The Spartans carried little sceptres in their hands. If you notice, in some pics, Roman officers also carried these little sceptres.<br /><br />The Red capes.<br /><br />The sumptuary laws. All Spartans were under sumptuary laws while as in Rome, the Senate and all her Senators were originally under sumptuary laws. (Maybe, if the Senators throughout the generations obeyed that, the Roman Republic would not have fallen.)<br /><br />Plutarch said there were many many parallels between Rome and Sparta. <br /><br />The Sabines, in my opinion, were Doric Greeks that passed their customs into the Latins.<br /><br />For a full definition of what a republic is and its transformation of this idea thru history, please see this <a href="http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Classical_definition_of_republic" rel="nofollow">Classical definition of a republic</a>W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.com