spartan army at Mantinea 418 BC

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Maybe the Periokoi in northern Laconia were formed in a mora and nicknamed the Sciritai. Off course Skiritis is the land named in northern Laconia. The periokoi in the south and east of Laconia maybe were to guard the helots and the Laconian coast from Athenian naval attacks. I read somewhere that many Periokoi villages were situated at the coast. So the treath of surprise attacts from the Athenian navy could have drawn a lot of periokoi forces from the main army.
This is my guess but is seems logical to mee.