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At the height of its power, in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
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The numbers in this claim are historically inaccurate. While Sparta did have a helot (slave) population that significantly outnumbered citizens, the ratio was closer to 7:1 rather than 20:1. At its peak around 400 BC, Sparta had approximately 8,000-9,000 Spartan citizens (not 25,000), and the helot population was likely around 100,000 or less (not 500,000). The slave population was substantial but not as vast as this question claims.