The Nature and Purpose of Spartan Education (for males) Spartan education took a drastic turn many thousands of years ago. There once was a laid back lifestyle enjoying the arts but the objective of the state's system was changed dramatically and Sparta was then know as a military state. With the emergence of a military state came the new system of education. The importance for the arts and literature was no longer the emphasis but …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…through the streets while facing the ground, this method was used to discipline boys and show how they were not as important as elders. Some and nearly all of their training involved physical hardship and this shows that training was not as easy or fun as it sounds but their system definitely worked because the Spartans always had the most disciplined and strong army and it was definitely a challenge to beat them in war.