The end is hilarious. I didn't know the Romans turned Sparta into a theme park. That's great.

Kingdom > Freaky Kingdom > Theme park

Now that’s not a bad evolution.

The Roman watching them and subsidizing them is really weird - it’s like a “simulacra” of Spartan life. They were warriors, then in decline, then they lived in some sort of “Spartan realism” where their way of life was just reliving their finest moments, even as their end was just around the corner. Interesting.

Great video. And thank you for informing me that the oldest Mycenean Greek texts were found in Bronze Age Sparta.

Great to find a series that is not dumbed down and does not feel the need for crap music.

I suspect that the liberated and active lives of Spartan women, and the continuation of the dual Agid/Eurypontid monarchy, had a lot to do with their militarized society.  If the majority of the male citizenry were called up to battle, having both a back up king and women who could run affairs and defend themselves against the helots would be a useful insurance policy in a crisis

I think it is worth touching upon the careers of some of the later kings (of both houses) who tried to improve Sparta's fortunes. Some of these people were very significant: Agesilaos II; Areos I; Agis IV and especially Kleomenes III. The latter beat Makedon on several occasions and was really very unlucky at Sellasia. Another point perhaps worth exploring when it comes to Rome; the Spartans were one of the few cities on the winning side of the Roman Civil Wars (as they affected Greece); and gained special status because of it. I believe they sent troops to Pharsalos or Phillipi (or both). Some Romans believed they were the kin of ancient Spartans (wishful thinking) and certainly admired its martial culture and history. One later Roman emperor even insisted upon having a Spartan (and Makedonian) unit in his army.

22:25 I spent almost a decade in the US Army. Gates of Fire was recommended reading at a few units 75th Ranger Rgt, 4/17 IN, 2/16 IN, The junior leader development was called the Agoge at a couple and detachments, small units or temporary units took there motto and sometimes names from Spartan sayings or individuals. The Spartans are still seen as a mindset and way of living to aspire to in some circles.

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Damn! Didn't know there was so little left of such a pivotal Kingdom of antiquity! Well done as always!

Rome: Visit Sparta, ticket only 10 denarius. Or you can buy a season pass for only 99.9 denarius.

See young man beat the shit out of each other for YOUR entertainment!!!!!

Come, visit today!!

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Thermopylae and Plataea changed the course of history forever.

Glad your back with this fantastic upload.  Thank you

LOVE THAT DEEP BASS

So if you were a slave in Sparta and you worked in the field all day. And then when your walking home tired from laboring under the whip,you also had to look out for basically trained military recruits trying to kill you! Geez!

I looooove the concept of turning the city of sparta into a tacky theme park atraction. Serves those clowns well, they are seriously overrated. Even Philip the second years before that laughed his ass off when they resisted and was like “oh no i shit my pants!😂 let them be they are not worth my time, what i am getting if i conquer them? Like 20 bucks? LMAO”

This is SPARTA! ( had to do it!)

Well done.

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