Lycurgus of Sparta was a lawgiver and was set out to out to make the city of Sparta a better place by becoming the lawgiver of Sparta. He went on a journey to learn new laws and see which laws would better apply to his people. he changed many things in Sparta many laws and even the currency his goal was to make everyone equal. His first establishment was the senate which had just as much power as the kings and would give equal power to everyone in Sparta, the senate which was made up of 30 senators all of whom had to be at least 60 years or older, was to work as a democracy. His next step was to make the divisions of the land equal, he divided the land up into equal shares to give each person an equal amount. Then he replaced the use of gold …show more content…
Lycurgus believed that only the best could breed, for example only the most fit men and women were able to breed so that the baby would be a strong baby. Adultery was allowed as long as it was for creating a good seed, You weren’t allowed to be jealous because it was for the betterment of the community. He also believed that the children belonged to the state more than they did to the parents. Once a baby was born it was bathe in wine and examined by the senate if the child was thought to be weak the child was thrown off a cliff, because they thought. It wouldn’t become a solider. Children would be taught to be quiet and only speak when spoken to. Once a child was seven years old they were sent to a military school. In military school they were taught how to be obedient and how to fight. they were taught to deal with hunger by starving and learned how to march in dark by living with very little light. They were also encouraging to steal because it thought them how to be stealthy but it they were caught it was a big dishonor upon the soldier. Soldiers that were caught stealing they were punished by being whipped and by being starved even more than they already wereSome soldiers would rather die than be a