Noun:

অবজ্ঞাত ও পদদলিত শ্রেণীর লোক, প্রাচীন স্পার্টার ক্রীতিদাস,

helots's Usage Examples:

non-Spartiate people descended from Spartans), perioikoi (free non-Spartiates), and helots (state-owned enslaved non-Spartan locals).

The helots (/ˈhɛləts, ˈhiːləts/; Greek: εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated population that constituted a majority of the population of Laconia and Messenia.

The other exception was that sons of helots could be enrolled as syntrophoi (comrades, literally "the ones fed, or reared.

any helots who they came across.

This suggests that helots may have had to comply with curfew laws put into place by the Spartans.

Troublesome helots could.

The lowest were the helots, enslaved populations tied to the land and over whom the Spartan state claimed.

The earthquake gave Spartan helots an opportunity to revolt against their aristocratic rulers, and the Athenians.

By the 5th century BC, the helots, too, were used as light troops.

were subdued, and gave rise and name to the Spartan class of serfs called helots.

Athens also agreed to come to Sparta's aid if the helots revolted.

result of two decades' struggle, the Messenian people became enslaved as helots and made serfs of the state, following Spartan victory in the southwestern.

which could not be assimilated into the Spartan state, or subjugated as helots, became the perioeci.

It has been reported that others also remained, including up to 900 helots and 400 Thebans.

versus land-bonded groups such as the penestae of Thessaly or the Spartan helots, who were more like medieval serfs (an enhancement to real estate).

special type of serf called helots who were often treated harshly, leading them to rebel.

According to Herodotus (IX, 28–29), helots were seven times as numerous.

Cimon persuaded the Athenians to send soldiers to aid Sparta, when the helots (serfs of the Spartans) revolted and fortified Mount Ithome.

switch sides and support the helots; the offended Athenians repudiated their alliance with Sparta.

When the rebellious helots were finally forced to surrender.

convict Pausanias of disloyalty, even though some helots reported that Pausanias offered freedom if helots joined in revolt.

Synonyms:

thrall; villein; cotter; serf; cottier;