Note 645 — Chapter VI · LAWS AND DISCIPLINE OF LYKURGUS AT SPARTA.
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The village-character of the Helots is distinctly marked by Livy, xxxiv. 27, in describing the inflictions of the despot Nabis: “Ilotarum quidam (hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, agreste genus) transfugere voluisse insimulati, per omnes vicos sub verberibus acti necantur.”