When I see these "molon labe" and sparta-fetish bumper stickers and stuff, I just roll my eye because, uh, it was not All That. foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/22/s...

Spartans Were Losers

The U.S. military’s admiration of a proto-fascist city-state is based on bad history.

The Foreign Policy article in the previous post is by the same guy who did these blog posts which are outstandingly good. acoup.blog/category/col...acoup.blog/2020/01/17/c...

This. Isn’t. Sparta. – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Posts about This. Isn’t. Sparta. written by Bret Devereaux