This Is Sparta?
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The City State of Sparta
Like all societies, sparta was a bundle of flaws and contradictions. There are things to both admire and detest about that scrappy little city state on the aegean. And we can learn a lot more from them than how to get shredded six pac abra. The thing that every single aspect of their culture orbited around was war. That would contrast sharply with our progressive, post enlightenment values.
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