| 1. | The helots were used as unskilled serfs, tilling Spartan land.
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| 2. | Relations between the helots and their Spartan masters were sometimes strained.
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| 3. | Some modern scholars advocate a reevaluation of ancient evidence about helots.
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| 4. | The helots of Sparta stood their masters good stead in battle.
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| 5. | This was done to keep the large helot population in check.
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| 6. | The description of what happened next symbolizes the entire Helot War:
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| 7. | Helots also travelled with the Spartan army as non-combatant serfs.
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| 8. | Spartan serfs, Helots, could win freedom through bravery in battle.
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| 9. | The land itself was worked by helots, who retained half the yield.
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| 10. | Sparta had a special type of slaves called " helots ".
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