| 11. | Thus, helots were massacred in 425 BC in a carefully staged event:
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| 12. | The helots fold, but revert to open warfare joined by the Messenians.
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| 13. | This time, the Athenians set their sights on the helots of Laconia.
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| 14. | They were specifically told to kill the strongest and best of the helots.
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| 15. | The state supported this by formally declaring war on the Helots every autumn.
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| 16. | "The Helots streamed toward the palace steps.
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| 17. | Those who did not emigrate were reduced socially to helots, or serfs.
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| 18. | Helot women were often used as wet nurses.
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| 19. | Athens also agreed to come to Sparta's aid if the Helots revolted.
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| 20. | Finally, some authors make responsibility for the uprising with the helots of Laconia.
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