Editing Sparta (section)

====Perioikoi====
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The Perioikoi came from similar origins as the helots but occupied a significantly different position in Spartan society.  Although they did not enjoy full citizen-rights, they were free and not subjected to the same restrictions as the helots.  The exact nature of their subjection to the Spartans is not clear, but they seem to have served partly as a kind of military reserve, partly as skilled craftsmen and partly as agents of foreign trade.{{sfn|Cartledge|2002|pp=153–155}} Perioikoic hoplites served increasingly with the Spartan army, explicitly at the [[Battle of Plataea]], and although they may also have fulfilled functions such as the manufacture and repair of armour and weapons,{{sfn|Cartledge|2002|pp=158, 178}} they were increasingly integrated into the combat units of the Spartan army as the Spartiate population declined.<ref>"Population Patterns in Late Archaic and Classical Sparta" by Thomas Figueira, ''Transactions of the American Philological Association'' 116 (1986), pp. 165–213</ref>