Helots - Wikipedia The helots ( ˈhɛləts, ˈhiːləts ; Greek: εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated population that constituted a majority of the population of Laconia and Messenia – the territories ruled by Sparta
Helot | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica helot, a state-owned serf of the ancient Spartans The ethnic origin of helots is uncertain, but they were probably the original inhabitants of Laconia (the area around the Spartan capital) who were reduced to servility after the conquest of their land by the numerically fewer Dorians
Ancient Greece Helots – Ancient Greece Facts. com Helots were a special type of slave living in the Laconian region under the Spartan Hegemony They were tied to a land just like a feudal system and had to till their lands and give almost half the produce to their masters Unlike the other slaves, they could have families, and marry without permission, and even have children
The Helots: Slave Warriors of Ancient Sparta According to the Greek geographer Pausanias, the Helots hailed from a city called Helos This city is said to have been conquered by the Spartans, and its inhabitants became their first slaves Subsequent people enslaved by the Spartans were also called Helots
Helots | Oxford Classical Dictionary The helots were the slaves of the Spartans Distributed in family groups across the landholdings of Spartan citizens in Laconia and Messenia, helots performed the labour that was the bedrock on which Spartiate leisure and wealth rested
Helots - (Early World Civilizations) - Fiveable Helots were a subjugated population in ancient Sparta, primarily consisting of the indigenous people of Laconia and Messenia They were essentially serfs who worked the land and provided agricultural labor for Spartan citizens, allowing the Spartans to focus on military training and governance
Helot - Livius Helots: class of unfree peasants in Spartan society, who may be defined as state-owned serfs In Antiquity, all humans were unequal
Helots and Slaves - Helena P. Schrader In 413 BC, according to Thucydides, an estimated 20,000 Athenian slaves ran away to the Spartans, who had established a permanent fortress at Dekeleia For these oppressed and exploited individuals, the Spartans were liberators