Spartans were a dominant military force. They were actually kind of a shitty military force who was really good at PR.
The Spartan Hegemony only lasted 30 years, and only because they kind of glory-hogged the aftermath of the Greco-Persian war after nearly losing the war due to their refusal to muster.
Spartans were a dominant military force. They were actually kind of a shitty military force who was really good at PR.
The Spartan Hegemony only lasted 30 years, and only because they kind of glory-hogged the aftermath of the Greco-Persian war after nearly losing the war due to their refusal to muster.
At Thermopylae 300 Spartans fought to the last man, along with 700 Athenians and more from other cities.
Yes that would be the PR campaign I am referencing.
Spartans were good at one kind of military unit, but that was it.