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... detrimental to Spartan society, particularly when the number of free, male Spartan citizens dwindled. The practice waned in the 3rd century BC, but was successfully reinvigorated some time in the 220s BC by Cleomenes III. It was abolished, however, less than forty years later, by Philopoemen, in 188 BC. The agoge was reinstated in 146 BC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoge “...the allies of ...

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