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How could Sparta manage to be consistently comparable in influence to Athens in the Classic Period with such a considerably smaller total population, smaller percent of its citizens as warriors, and much less population density. Were their fighters just that much better?

by /u/ChloeKesh in /r/AskHistorians

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