Sparta
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Sparta was founded in 900 BC . It operated as an organization for nearly nine centuries before its dissolution on January 1, 1 BC . The entity existed continuously from its founding until the specified end date, with no additional details provided regarding its structure, activities, or historical context beyond these two dates.
Key Facts
- Member of: Peloponnesian League[3]
- Religion or worldview: Ancient Greek religion[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sparta Municipality[5]
- Country: Greece[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Instance of: polis[8], Ancient Greek archaeological site[9]
- Official language: Ancient Greek[10]
- Basic form of government: oligarchy[11], republic[12]
- Legislative body: Gerousia[13], Ecclesia[14]
- Commons category: Sparta[15]
- Has part(s): Sanctuary of Ammon in Sparta[16], Sanctuary of Ares Theritas on Sparta-Therapne road[17], Sanctuary of Zeus Plousios on Sparta-Therapne road[18], Sanctuary of Achilles on road out of Sparta[19], Sanctuary of Mysian Artemis on Sparta-Arcadia road[20], Issorion Artemis shrine (Sparta)[21]
- Inception: 900 BC[22]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 192 BC[23]
- Significant event: Siege of Sparta[24], Battle of Thermopylae[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sparta[26]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[30], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], The New Student's Reference Work[35], Pauly–Wissowa[36]
- Capital of: Lacedaemon[37]
- Partially coincident with: Lacedaemon[38]
- Category for people born here: Q9227477[39]
- Category for people who died here: Q9220038[40]
- Demonym: Spartanus[41], Σπαρτιάτης[42], Spartans[43]
- Native label: Λακεδαίμων[44]
- Category of associated people: Category:Ancient Spartans[45]
- Different from: Esparta[46]
- Area: 1.182 km²[47]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Sparta include 80th Separate Recconaissance Batallion[48], a military unit[49], in Donetsk People's Republic[50], founded in 2014[51]; Nueva Esparta[52], a state of Venezuela[53], in Venezuela[54], founded in 1909[55]; and Sparta[56], a town in the United States[57], in United States[58].
Why It Matters
Sparta has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Sparta is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Sparta include 80th Separate Recconaissance Batallion[48], a military unit[49], in Donetsk People's Republic[50], founded in 2014[51]; Nueva Esparta[52], a state of Venezuela[53], in Venezuela[54], founded in 1909[55]; and Sparta[56], a town in the United States[57], in United States[58].