Tfw you learn sparta was real

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That's brown

It is clearly blond you are blind. There's also written accounts of him being fair-headed.

>tfw you learn macedonia was real

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sure...

>tfw you learn santa was real

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>Chokepoints negate superior numbers
Yeah no shit.

One of the most oversold battles in human history, it would have been more remarkable if the Greeks (of which most weren't Spartiates) had *failed* to hold their position for a few days, given their advantages.

People eat up 2,400 year old propaganda like nobodies business though.

>got wrecked by 300 literal faggot lovers

>give up your freedom is a reasonable demand
You must be one of those countries that is subservient to Israel

Alexander never conquered Sparta, his dad thought about it and decided it wasn't worth the effort since Sparta was a military irrelevance by that point because their women wouldn't fuck because they were too busy partying and getting involved in politics so they had less than 1,000 full citizens in their army. Which were all needed for helot-suppression.

The bulk was made up of smaller Peloponnesian states, including Mantineans, Tegeans, and various Arcadian poleis, and also lots of Phocians, Thebans, and other poleis in central Greece
Herodotus and Diodorus both say about 900-1000 Lacedaemonians/Perioikoi along with the 300 Spartiates

higher rez image so you can see hes indeed redhead. those niggas didn't even know what the color blue was, they called the ocean green and the sky gray, don't go by a translation of thousand years old writing when there's an image

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>you will never be a spartans personal boy fuck toy

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When I was in the armed forces we got a political correctness indoctrination talk from some faggot about being extra nice to homosexual soldiers and the dumb fuck brought the sacred band of thebes up as examples of how amazingly effective homos can be in battle and why we should be glad to have them. Ignoring the fact that thirty years after pushing over an already weakened Sparta, the sacred band got wiped out in basically its very next major battle and Thebes was erased from the earth, its men slaughtered and its women and children sold into slavery.

Didn't really sell me on the idea.

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Talking about Thebes, user

"If"

I should read posts properly before replying.

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There's always someone better. Fact is, the prowess of the Sacred Band is noted by ancient authors themselves and their skill in hoplite warfare shouldn't be ignored
Admittedly the fact they were pairs of faggot lovers was probably not as important as the fact they were one of the few regular professional-style troops (besides mercenaries) at the time

everyone was a homo because everyone got fucked as a little kid and that was normal. it was like modern hollywood. you get fucked as a kid, you grow up and get to fuck a kid you "mentor". of course they can be effective in battle, it doesn't have anything to do with battle prowess.

You read too much normie history. The homosexuality is vastly overplayed in modern literature, and is mostly based on vase painting

You're clearly an uneducated nigger. Please leave this thread.