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  • NAME: Lycurgus
  • OCCUPATION: Legal Professional, Military Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: Unknown
  • DEATH DATE: Unknown
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Greece

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Lycurgus was an ancient Greek who is credited with helping to found the basic tenets of Spartan society.


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Scholars have been unable to determine conclusively whether Lycurgus was a historical person and, if he did exist, which institutions should be attributed to him. But his generally known as a lawgiver who founded some or most of the institutions of ancient Sparta, including the highly militarized communal system that made Sparta unique among the city-states of Greece.

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