Is it true that the Spartans...?

Question

That the spartans killed babies when they didn't like them? I heard about this but I don't know if it's true. Also, the romans would kill children as well?

Answer 1

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you're so right!!! lol, thx everyone else.

Answer 2

so does half the world.

Answer 3

lawl i saw that in meet the spartans O:
so it has to be tru ><

Answer 4

yup any gimpy children or severly disabled children were killed off in both societies.

Answer 5

It was indeed terrible. But it was not a killing per se. It was what was called "exposition". They placed the poor baby outside in the middle of nature (in a forest or on top of a mountain) and abandoned the baby there. But sometimes the baby was found!!! and raised! For the Romans, I do not know. They may have just killed them. I do not know about "exposition" in Rome.

Answer 6

I think it was just deformed kids not any kid -- for both.

Answer 7

Both True,

Spartans: This is true since they wanted only the strongest and they believed that they would not survive the unique training. The children would be kept hungery beatten in groups till they blead, in short they would be bread to be cold soldiers from birth.

Romans: Read a book. They have been know for being the ones to create the most torture devises untill the Spanish Inquastion(Ya Misspelled)

Answer 8

The culture of Sparta changed from normal Archaic Greek to millitary and athletic. Elders judged wether Spartan babies were strong or weak enough to live. If they were judged too weak, they were hurled into a gorge or left to die in a hillside. Life was made tough for the Spartan citizens (Spartiates) so they could forever control the Messenians. Even alcohol was banned to the Spartans, but the helots were allowed to drink.
http://www.allempires.com/article/index.…

Answer 9

If a child was born deformed in any way, or after being bathed in wine they didn't show a lusty reaction, they were taken from the mother and left to the ravages of nature in a certain chasm. Also, if the child was a girl and they decided there were too many females already.
At age 7 a male child was taken from his home and put in a 'military school' (to use our words). He never saw his parents again until after a certain age.
In this military 'school' they were intentionally underfed to teach them to skillfully steal food.
It has also been found that the habit of exposure of unwanted children was also practiced in other early Greek areas including very early Athens.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta

Answer 10

In Roman Society families were ruled by the paterfamilias, which is just the father of the family, only he had ABSOLUTE authority over his entire family. Like the Godfather in the mafia. Also, he didn't just rule over his household, but his close reletives, possibly his sibling's households, his children's households, and his wife. Now the paterfamilias could do what ever he wished, we have an example of a paterfamilias telling his son not to attack a local enemy and the son disobeying him. In this example the son won a great victory over the enemy, but when he got home, his fater had him tortured and killed for insabordination. As for child birth, when a child was born, he/she was placed on the floor in front of the paterfamilias (note the paterfamilias may not be the father, he may be a grandfather or uncle), if the paterfamilias picked the child up, he/she was given a name. If the paterfamilias didn't pick the child up, he/she was exposed, meaning suffocated or simply left out in the woods, alone.

The Spartans had a similer system, however it wasn't run by the family, it was run by the state. When a child was born, state officials inspected the child for defects, or clues to his strength, and if he passed, he/she was allowed to live. If the new born didn't pass, he/she was exposed.

Many pre-industrial societies practice such a selection process. As soon as a child was able, he/she was expected to help out around the house. In the beginning, helping his mother with household chores, but later helping his father with family politics and farming. The the child was in any way incapable of contrubuting to the wellfare of the family, he/she was just a mouth to feed in a society where starvation was very common. So it hard for modern thinkers to imagine why these people did this, but it wasn't because they were mean, it was because often the family couldn't afford a child that couldn't pull her/her own weight. Such a child would bring down the entire family.