Now that I’m no longer a teenage boy I now realize that the Spartans kinda sucked lol. Homicidal pederastic slavers with good press.
ptrfa on
You call it the greek golden age. Most greeks called it athenian cruelty and oppression
ptrfa on
You call it the greek golden age. Most greeks called it athenian cruelty and oppression
Malvastor on
Allying with Persia to beat Athens is just smart.
The real mark of shame is that afterwards they essentially became Persia’s local enforcers, taking the Great King’s money to swat down anyone who looked like they were going to make trouble for Persia.
MauschelMusic on
The only reason to glaze Sparta for fighting Persia is projecting modern rivalries onto the past. Persia was in every way a better culture.
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Now that I’m no longer a teenage boy I now realize that the Spartans kinda sucked lol. Homicidal pederastic slavers with good press.
You call it the greek golden age. Most greeks called it athenian cruelty and oppression
You call it the greek golden age. Most greeks called it athenian cruelty and oppression
Allying with Persia to beat Athens is just smart.
The real mark of shame is that afterwards they essentially became Persia’s local enforcers, taking the Great King’s money to swat down anyone who looked like they were going to make trouble for Persia.
The only reason to glaze Sparta for fighting Persia is projecting modern rivalries onto the past. Persia was in every way a better culture.
Sparta who allied with Rome and ended Greece