Spartans were definitely epic in their pithiness. When Alexander the Great's daddy, Philip II of Macedon, invaded Southern Greece he sent a message to Sparta asking if he should come as friend or foe. The Spartan response was:
Neither
At which point, an annoyed Philip sent this:
You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.
The Spartan response:
If
Philip didn't try to conquer Sparta. Neither did Alexander the Great, and Alexander arguably wouldn't have had much trouble doing so. I think he was scared.
I don't read historical fiction. The books I read primarily fall into two categories:
Fantasy
Historical nonfiction (primarily on Medieval Europe, but I'll often delve into Antiquity, or read something more modern)
Occasionally I'll read something else. I've read all of Jane Austen, for example, and all of Dumas and Hemingway. But I prefer fantasy and real history.
Yeah, it really does remind me of that. Pure badassery.
Spartans were definitely epic in their pithiness. When Alexander the Great's daddy, Philip II of Macedon, invaded Southern Greece he sent a message to Sparta asking if he should come as friend or foe. The Spartan response was:
At which point, an annoyed Philip sent this:
The Spartan response:
Philip didn't try to conquer Sparta. Neither did Alexander the Great, and Alexander arguably wouldn't have had much trouble doing so. I think he was scared.
I don't read historical fiction. The books I read primarily fall into two categories:
Fantasy
Historical nonfiction (primarily on Medieval Europe, but I'll often delve into Antiquity, or read something more modern)
Occasionally I'll read something else. I've read all of Jane Austen, for example, and all of Dumas and Hemingway. But I prefer fantasy and real history.
I read enough historical fiction going through 12 years of public school social studies; I've lost the craving for it.
I have. Was a good book.
This is exactly why the globalists have turned us into soft useless phaggots over several decades
Alexander wasn't scared and niether was his dad. They kept Sparta around to keep the greek city states in line.