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When a Spartan baby was born, the soldiers took them away from their parents at the age of 7 for training them into a skilled warrior. While the babies who were unwanted were left to die in Apothetae. Apothetae is a chasm by Mount Taygetus. These unwanted children were the ones who were weak or mishappen. While the Athenian left their babies to die in open or otherwise were picked up by slaves.
