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HannibalBarca3 posted...

The first mistake is thinking the Spartans were a military or a warrior society at all. There's a lot of modern work by the likes of Stephen Hodkinson that have moved away from the idea that Sparta was this hardcore warrior society. Instead when looked upon a critical eye the Spartans really weren't any better than any of the other Greeks, it's all possible that they weren't all that much different than the rest of the Greeks either. They turned a disaster at thermopylae into a huge propaganda victory that still echoes to this day. I'd recommend giving this a read since it gives out a basic overview on modern scholarship's view of Sparta:

http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32475/2/Hodkinson.%20Transforming%20Sparta%20Ancient%20History%20Resources%20for%20Teachers%2041-44%202011-2014.pdf

I know it's a bit off for a response but I'll take the opportunity to object over that statement.

Thanks for correcting me, however, I was merely using the Spartans as an example. I don't know very much about the Spartans. I do know a bit about the Spartans in the context of history, strategy, and international relations (ever heard of the Thucydides Trap?)

And that article is dated from 2014. Scholarship on this is still in its infancy. Thanks for the link though.


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