• PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Spartans were kind of shit at war.

    Now, the Theban Sacred Band? THEY were good at war and smashing ass

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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      1 year ago

      I think that view is an overcorrection to their inflated reputation. They, like every other Classical Greek state, had their comparative times of strength and weakness.