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These people were reportedly forced to get extremely drunk before being displayed as examples of inappropriate behavior at communal (10[1])banquets. After one conflict, some of these (10[1])people were resettled in the city of Naupactus. According to Thucydides, one city’s policy was “always determined by the necessity of taking precautions against” these people. (10[2])An earthquake sparked the last of these people’s Messinian Wars. Epaminondas dissolved one group of these people after the Battle of Leuctra. These people could become (10[1])neodamodes after serving (-5[1])as hoplites or undergoing the agōgē educational system. (-5[2])Kryptai were allowed to kill these people after an annual declaration (-5[1])of war by the ephors of one city. For 10 points, name these Spartan slaves. ■END■ (10[4])

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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