Message from @Duke of Txtspeak
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while that's true, persia was the invading army
The Spartans pioneered separation of powers
Hundreds of years before Thomas Paine
Also in Sparta, women had more rights than in Persia or Athens
I.E The right to have a choice in marriage
Having said that, looking at all the societies in that age...
I know where I'd rather live
>hey faggots we're here to make your country, our country
>you guys will be slaves and we'll fuck your women
>not the bad guys?
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well sparta was an absolute monarchy with slaves n shit, but persia did start the war
Wrong
Sparta was not an absolute monarchy
It was a dual monarchy with a significant amount of checks on royal power
oh?
Two kings, each had a veto over the other
And there was also a council of aristocrats who had the power to basically impeach a king if they fucked up too badly
Now this shit was NOT representative
This wasnt Athens
But it was there
to be fair though, slaves weren't really uncommon back then
Like, there was 7 slaves for every spartan by the time of the Persian invasion
yeah, i'm not saying they are absolved of any wrong doing.
The spartans defending the pass didn't even win, but they put up a good enough fight anway.
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persian invasion was pretty close to the end of the greek empire, yeah?
Funnily enough there is actually a bottomless hole as featured in the movie there in greece
*The economy* <:HONK:550452055140204554>
Here's something interesting
That scene where they throw the persians down
Did actually happen
But
It did not happen in Sparta
It happened in athens
Athenian politicians got so pissed, they threw the Persian envoys into a well
All good stories are exaggerations of the truth
If they weren't they'd be documentaries.
Or least biographies
Would've kinda sucked if it was the athenians doing it in the movie
even those are little bit fucky in parts
Athenians were low energy