Leonidas
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Leonidas was born around the year 530 BC and was the son of a Spartan King.
The Spartan lifestyle was very different than any other Greek city-state. Instead of teaching their sons the arts of reading and writing they set up a system dedicated to producing warriors. Every male Spartan had to become a full time soldier and spent his life training and fighting. From the age of 7 they were trained for war. These boys were placed in groups of 15, the bravest of the company would be made captain.