And then the Spartans fought Alexander's deputy, Antipater at Megalopolis and get absolutely wrecked in 331 in the infamous 'Clash of Mice.' C'mon Steven, tell the whole story!
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Plutarch even admits, at the very beginning of his Life of Lycurgus, "Concerning Lycurgus the lawgiver, in general, nothing can be said which is not disputed" But sure thing, this is the straight scoop.pic.twitter.com/uV3rEljZJM
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Alright, calling it there for tonight. I see above I have been corrected on one point, that apparently Pressfield served in the Marines. So noted. The quality of his ancient history is very weak; it's all Plutarch (not the best source!), read entirely uncritically.
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His grasp on the actual Sparta could be improved by reading any number of books on the topic - Cartledge, Kennell, Hodkinson, Rahe, Bayliss, ANYTHING (note, I like some of those books rather better than others, but the bar here is so low, anything will do).
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I find myself suddenly deeply concerned that his writing is being used as a proxy for actual historical narratives by the general public, but especially by military readers. Anyway, I'll pick this up when I next have an excess of sanity.
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