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 varied combat which the RTS genre has been steadily evolving towards over the years, "Ancient Wars: Sparta" falls back on resource management for its core gameplay. This is a sub-"Age of Empires" affair which rapidly becomes a chore." He was critical of the level design, writing "a shocking number of levels in the game are actually completely linear pathways." Ultimately, he felt the game was "stuck in the past." GamesRadar's Troy Goodfellow scored it 2 out of 5, writing ""Sparta" offers little that is original or captivating." He was critical of the rate of resource production; "the relatively high cost