Quote Originally Posted by Gurkhal2 View Post
Here's something that I've been thinking about. That is if it would be possible for the Koine faction to re-establish Sparta's old system with the oppression of the helots and so starting to boost the possible creation or Spartiate hoplites? I don't recall Sparta ever giving up on that idea while they had independence and so I would think that if they were more successful, they would have brought it back to life.

Either through a reform or through being allowed to build some "building" in Sparta itself.
Hello Gurkhal2, welcome to the .Org and to EB .

If I recall correctly, in 272 BC Sparta still controlled its own helot population in Laconia, so no reform would be required. It was just the Messanian helots that had been liberated. No doubt the Spartans would have liked to reenslave Messenia, but I am not sure it would have mattered hugely. Spartan hoplites were always few in number.