Women in ancient Sparta their wealth. He attributed the state's precipitous fall during his lifetime, from being the master of Greece to a second-rate power in less than 50 years, to the fact that Sparta had become a gynocracy whose women were intemperate and loved luxury. All Spartan women, not just the richest, would have taken advantage of helot labour to perform the domestic tasks that elsewhere in Greece would have fallen to free women. Activities such as weaving which were considered women's work elsewhere in Greece were not considered fit for free women in Sparta. Therefore, women were more preoccupied with governance, agriculture,
Ancient Wars: Sparta first announced on February 11, 2005 as "Sparta: Ancient Wars", with German consulting firm Interactive Media Consulting unveiling it as the first in a proposed series of "Ancient Wars" games. Unusually, in the announcement, neither the developer nor the publisher were revealed. World Forge were announced as the developers in April. In an interview with IGN, producer Torsten Hess, and Ingo Horn of IMC spoke of their hopes that the game would be the first in a franchise, and emphasised the historical reality of "Sparta"; Speaking of combat and the AI system, they explained, They also explained the game was