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JoyousMischief 42 points ago +42 / -0

Yeah, it really does remind me of that. Pure badassery.

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Ale_and_Mead 35 points ago +35 / -0

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.

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Ale_and_Mead 7 points ago +7 / -0

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.

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Hades440 3 points ago +3 / -0

I read enough historical fiction going through 12 years of public school social studies; I've lost the craving for it.

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FormerGraveheart 2 points ago +2 / -0

I have. Was a good book.

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ElPanchoVilla 3 points ago +3 / -0

This is exactly why the globalists have turned us into soft useless phaggots over several decades

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Aurelianus 1 point ago +1 / -0

Alexander wasn't scared and niether was his dad. They kept Sparta around to keep the greek city states in line.