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May 2021
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La dura vida de los ilotas, los esclavos...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESPAñA
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Los ilotas pertenecían al Estado y no podían ser vendidos fuera de Esparta ni liberados por los particulares. De hecho los ciudadanos de Esparta podían consagrar su vida entera a la guerra porque sus esclavos, los ilotas, a los que trataban cruelmente, los liberaban de cualquier preocupación material 
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