Nora's Big Mistake Ch. 23

A boy was taken for the Agoge at the age of 18. At that moment, they were to be the teachers of those who entered the Agoge. They entered the Spartan army at the age of 20 and were forced to live in barracks. When he became 30, he was allowed to live at his home. At the age of 60 he retired, becoming a potential reserve force. But the life expectancy at that time was 60 anyway, so most of them died in the army.

It was hard to become a Spartan citizen. Your parents had to be Spartans, although there were some exceptions to this rule. You had to have successfully completed the Agoge. You were allowed into a Syssitia, which were the common messes of the Spartans which numbered 20 men.

One veto from any of the 20 members could disallow you to enter one and you would not become an Spartan citizen. You also had to pay a certain amount of your land's products to the Syssitia for the dining, if you could not you would lose your citizenship. Firstborn would often get their parents' land so that later born could never become citizens.

The Spartans were organized into regiments, called Moras, of about 600 men each. Each Mora had its own unique shield emblem. Contrary to popular belief, the Spartans didn't wear the Lambda.

Spartan's ate a thin broth so they could train their bodies to survive on less, which also meant that little resources were needed for the army.

Sparta reached the apex of her power during the Greco-Persian War in which they defied the Persian empire at the battles of Thermopylae and Plataea and the Peleponessian War where they even came as far as challenging Athens which at that time is the most powerful city-state of Ancient Greece.

Sparta, as well as Athens, Thebes and other Greek citystates, would be unified under Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Empire, and then later by the Roman Empire. Yet even in these eras, the Spartans continued to show their elitism through their military traditions. After Macedonia fell, Sparta became part of the Corinth League (337 BC-322 BC) and the Achaean League (280 BC-146 BC) before being the Achaean League was destroyed by the Achaean War.

Sparta became part of the Roman Empire as the Provincia Achaia (27 BC - 600 CE) and under the Byzantine Empire as Hellas (600 CE-1100 CE). Between 1661-1686 & 1715-1821; Sparta was part of the Ottoman Empire's Eyālet-i Mōrâ. Between 1686-1715 The Republic of Venice temporarily colonized the region before the Ottomans reclaimed it. The mid 1800s led to the wars of Greek Independence.

Two Spartan females were training against each other. They each had a Dory, a long pointed spear. The spears were 8 feet long, and weighed 5.5 lbs. They were wooden shafts with iron tips.

The two of them were each wearing plated armor. The armor weighs 65 lbs. The suits were made out of articulated steel plates, each with a steel armet helmet.

"Well," one of the women said. "This is a great moment." The woman had 34C breasts, short black hair, a 12.5 inch long cock, and blue eyes.

The other woman smiled. She had 34C breasts, short black hair, a 12.5 inch long cock, and blue eyes. Her name was Verona. "Focus Hailey," she said. "We're just sparing."

Hailey smiled. "Then let's spar," she said. "Okay Sis."

Verona nodded. They then proceeded to strike each other with javelins. The javelins were 4 feet long, weighed 1.5 lbs, and made out of a wooden shaft with iron tip.

Verona then threw her javelin at her sister. Hailey drew her 12 inch long blade and splintered the javelin in half. The blade widened near the tip and had close to a leaf shape.

The two women then began to bash each other with their aspises/shields. The shields were 40" in diameter, weighed 24 lbs, and made out of wood coated with bronze. They were continuing to spar against each other.

Hailey smiled. She pulled out a 20 foot long rope made out of natural fibers. It weighed 1 lb. She then proceeded to entangle her twin sister. They then proceeded to have sex.

Present Day...

Back at Nora's house...

Caitlin and her two daughters Chloe and Courtney were now resting together in bed.

What is going on with Loriane? Find out in the next chapter.

To be continued...