9. Spartan Serf Killing
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In traditional Spartan culture, boys were trained in martial arts for ten years, between the ages of seven and seventeen. At the end of their training, they needed a final assessment of readiness, so they were released in the fall in a group called the Krypteia to stalk and kill any serfs, or slaves, they could find. Those who failed, either by ‘wussying out’ or by being consistently outwitted by the slaves, were whipped and tortured as punishment. Those who succeeded were lionized for essentially being serial killers.
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