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GCSE Classics · key term
Spartan communal dining groups in which adult male citizens ate together and were required to contribute supplies; the singular is syssition.
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Paper 5
Revise: Spartan Social Structure and the AgogeThe syssitia were communal dining groups, usually of about fifteen members. Adult citizens were required to belong and to contribute supplies. Eating together helped maintain bonds and mutual expectations beyond formal training or military campaigns.
Distinguish the agoge, the upbringing and training of boys, from the syssitia, the communal dining groups joined by adult citizens.
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