Every male Spartan was ordered to be in the military. Men and women learned about battle, dance, poetry and war. Young male children were taken from their parents at 7 and began their Agoge. This was a requisite of all male children. Sparta didn’t produce the level of architecture, art and literature that their biggest city-state competitor Athens produced. It’s essential to note that since the Spartans wrote everything down, most of our education about Sparta comes from the depictions given by their rivals the Athenians. There were two kings in Sparta, each one served as commanders in the Spartan military. The Gerousia was the Senate, they created bills, but the start of a bill into law required a democratic vote. There was also the Ephors,