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In the last sentence within the 'Birth and death' subsection within the 'Life in Classical Sparta' section, there is a phrase 'two-storey' which I believe should be 'two-story'. NubberChubber (talk) 02:29, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Not done: "Storey" is correct, it is just British English. Tollens (talk) 05:07, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Shouldn't this be merged

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Shouldn't this be merged with Sparta, Laconia? Yogurto (talk) 07:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Aristotle

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It states at the end of the Classical Sparta section that Aristotle "commented" on the decline of Spartan citizenship. What exactly were his comments on it? This needs to be expanded upon. TheNomad416 (talk) 10:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Changing Labels

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I am curious about the opinions of people and how we address the misnomer of Sparta in order to resist generative AI and the spread of misinformation. Should we call the people of Laconia Spartans? SJColeman79 (talk) 13:58, 23 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Agesilaus

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@~2026-45489-20:, I've reverted your additions. The first claim - that Agesilaus is considered the most important Spartan king - is not supported by the sources you cited. Could you double-check all the sources you are using and make sure they back up the text you'd like to add? Alaexis_¿question? 09:16, 5 September 2026 (UTC)Reply