When Men were 7 years old they were taken from there family to train for war. “From when they were 8 years-21 years they were educated by the Spartan System”.(Document A) Toughness was an important part of the Spartan MIlitary. An intensive training system was used to strengthen Spartans MIlitary and in the years that followed Thermopylae, Spartans greatest challenger was Athen’s, the largest and most powerful of all the Greek city-states. The weaknesses outweigh the strengths. Areas to be examined are they were taken from family at 7 years old, they had to run with no shoes to strengthen their feet on the negative side and they were stronger at a young age on the positive side. One weakness of Spartan education is boys were taken from