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SUMMARY:Youth of Sparta and of Mars: Uses and abuses of Classics at the Ro
 yal Prussian Cadet-Corps (1717-1920) - Helen Roche
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CONTACT:Roeland Verhallen
DESCRIPTION:We explore the ways in which cadets at the Royal Prussian Cade
 t-Schools were inspired by the Classical past\, and the way in which tales
  from ancient history and myth influenced the cadets' choice of games and 
 recreations – as well as the imaginative devices employed by senior boys
  to bully their juniors. One enduring trope among cadets of all ages was t
 he idea that they were true 'Spartanerjünglinge' (Spartan youths). The bo
 ys identified their educational experiences with those of young Spartans\,
  and even coined a verb 'spartanern' to describe their competitive strivin
 gs to endure extremes of self-inflicted suffering without flinching. Howev
 er\, the cadets' ancient role models were drawn not just from Sparta\, but
  from a wide range of episodes in Roman as well as Greek history\, which I
  will illustrate with a number of examples.
LOCATION:Senior Parlour\, Gonville &amp\; Caius College
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