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. They were kept under very strict rules. The captain of the of the group would give out punishments as he saw fit.