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These people were reportedly forced to get extremely drunk before being displayed as examples of inappropriate behavior at communal banquets. After one conflict, some of these people were resettled in the city of Naupactus. According to Thucydides, one city’s policy (10[1])was “always determined by the necessity of taking precautions against” these people. (10[1])An earthquake (-5[1])sparked the last of these people’s Messinian Wars. (10[2])Epaminondas dissolved one group of these people after the Battle of Leuctra. These people could become neodamodes after serving as hoplites (10[1])or undergoing the agōgē (10[1])educational system. Kryptai were allowed to kill these people after an annual declaration of war by the ephors (-5[1])of one city. For 10 points, name these Spartan slaves. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: helots [accept Messinian helots or Laconian helots; prompt on doulos or perioikoi; prompt on Greek slaves or Spartan slaves until read]
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