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 using a newly developed game engine, dubbed the "Ancient Wars Graphic Engine," which was specifically designed for "Sparta", and specialises in displaying large vistas when the player is zoomed out, and high levels of detail when the player zooms in. The engine implemented a state-of-the-art vertex shader, DirectX 9, self-shadowing and dynamic lighting. The game also features its own newly developed physics engine. In an IGN interview in May 2006, Horn emphasised why he felt "Sparta" was unique in the RTS genre: Horn expressed confidence that the game would be a commercial success, and stated he was looking forward to