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Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. (acoup.blog)
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This is a 7-part series of blog posts, written by a history professor, contrasting the realities of ancient Sparta with it's depictions in popular culture.

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[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Woof! I'm glad he calls himself pedantic so that I don't have to, but I did read all of them and I am glad to have all of these facts so that I can bring them up sometime at a party when 300 comes off and bros start talking about the military excellence of Sparta.

It was a good read, thanks for sharing

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Fuck this is almost 5 years old now? Such a good series.

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