The Constitution of the Spartans

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  @maximaldinotrap · 7 years ago

  Wait a minute, 300 body guards per king?<br><br>That sounds awfully familiar.

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  @MisterBones2910 · 8 years ago

  &quot;intemperance and luxury sounds like a good time&quot;<br>Mate, if <i>ancient Greeks</i> were complaining about degenerate behaviour it was probably getting pretty crazy.

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  @MrVlogman101 · 9 years ago

  You know, i thought the roman political system was pretty odd and arcane. But the Spartans have a dual monarchy that has absolute power, except when it doesn&apos;t, a elected Senate that is chosen partially randomly that can pass whatever the hell they want with a public assembly and punish kings , except when an all male aristocracy decided no , &nbsp;a female aristocracy that is overwhelmingly rich but can&apos;t vote, and a population so terrified of its own slaves that it ritually committed atrocities against them. Compared to that Roman politics look simple and elegant.

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  @nonyabeeznuss304 · 7 years ago (edited)

  There was a festival in Sparta where the male helots were forced to get puking drunk then dance and sing a song functionally boiled down as &quot;I&apos;m a useless idiot&quot; while all the spartan citizens laughed at them.<br><br>Humiliating and degrading the helots on every single physical and psychological level was an integral part of the Spartan lifestyle

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  @thegradualreport · 9 years ago

  Can&apos;t show a pig being slaughtered, &nbsp;can show a poor defenceless box being tortured to death.... War, War never changes.

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• BA

  @banditdealsterror · 7 years ago

  So...Ancient Sparta was a Constitutional Theocratic Direct Diarchy...I always just assumed Sparta was an Absolute Monarchy.

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  @rkitchen1967 · 7 years ago

  The number of Spartiates (citizens) fell over time because it was possible to lose that status if one couldn&apos;t meet one&apos;s obligations, such as providing food for one&apos;s mess. &nbsp;On the other hand, it was not possible to become a Spartiate if you were not born to that status. &nbsp;Economic decline cost many their citizenship.

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  @roguevector1268 · 7 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppGCbh8ggUs&amp;t=335">5:35</a> did I just witness a drive-by mass bribery?

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  @fakename3344 · 8 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppGCbh8ggUs&amp;t=1218">20:18</a> You accidentally recreated the floating dots optical illusion with the Gerousia squares.

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  @skipperwarp9 · 5 years ago

  “ wealthy Spartan wives used to dominate their husbands” god I wish that were me

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  @brettwilson2589 · 8 years ago

  Spartan King: &quot;What do you mean I&apos;m being taken to trial?&quot;<br>Messenger: &quot;The Ephors voted 3/2 against you&quot;<br>Spartan King: Those MOTHER EPHORS!&quot;

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  @jacobhawkinsmusic · 7 years ago

  wait so Sparta wasnt just entirely one big boot camp. They had brains too. My life is a lie

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