Greek/Spartan Diet and fitness

[hoplite14gr]

We know from Plutearch's life of Agisilaos that regular bread and meat was allowed but Agesialos comanded all luxurious sweets and dishes offred by the allies to be given to helots!

Spartans considered pankration a deadly martial art and trained accordingly.
The object of the training was to create endurance and not muscular development.
A lot of time was spent in close formation drill. (phalanx)

Treat the black broth stories with caution. Black broth was NOT the only food.
The Retra of Lekourgos was aiming to curb exesses not food variety

Kind regards