Sparta (Doric Greek: ; Attic Greek: ) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. 

Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 BC, Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, from which it emerged victorious, though at a great cost of lives lost. Sparta's defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role in Greece. However, it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. It then underwent a long period of decline, especially in the Middle Ages, when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras. Modern Sparta is the capital of the Greek regional unit of Laconia and a center for the processing of goods such as citrus and olives. 

Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which configured their entire society to maximize military proficiency at all costs, and completely focused on military training and excellence. Its inhabitants were classified as Spartiates (Spartan citizens, who enjoyed full rights), mothakes (non-Spartan free men raised as Spartans), perioikoi (free residents, literally "dwellers around"), and helots (state-owned serfs, enslaved non-Spartan local population). Spartiates underwent the rigorous "agoge" training and education regimen, and Spartan phalanges were widely considered to be among the best in battle. Spartan women enjoyed considerably more rights and equality to men than elsewhere in the classical antiquity.
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Lacedaemon
. In antiquity the city-state was known as Lacedaemon
military land-power
t rose to become the dominant military land-power
650 BC
Around 650 BC
Greece
Sparta (Doric Greek: ; Attic Greek: ) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece
Greco-Persian Wars.
verall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars.
Athens
Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens
Peloponnesian War,
Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War,
for its social system and constitution
Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution
configured their entire society to maximize military proficiency
which configured their entire society to maximize military proficiency
military training
 completely focused on military training and excellenc
excellence
military training and excellence
Thebes
Sparta's defeat by Thebes 
Battle of Leuctra
by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra
371 BC
371 BC
its prominent role in Greece
371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role in Greece
146 BC
Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC
Roman
 Roman conquest of Greece
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when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras
Mystras.
many Spartans moved to live in Mystras.
citrus
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rocessing of goods such as citrus and olives