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Helpful skills

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Military training

Warrior training favours the rough and tumble. Barefoot and near-naked, Spartans are taught to live off the land and become masters of hand-to-hand and armed combat.

religious ritual

The Spartans honour the god Carneus with Carnea, a national harvest festival and suspension of military operations. The festival begins with an athletic display and culminates with the sacrifice of a ram.

Metal work

While you won’t enjoy the same rights as other Spartans if you become a perioiko blacksmith, your work forging weaponry will be vital to Sparta’s military might.

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