The Battle Of Thermopylae 3

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Description: An historical documentary film from History Channel about the Spartans and the legendary Battle of Thermopylae.The film is divided in 3 videos.
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Trustworthy909 ::: Favorites how so? 07-10-21 21:27:53 __________________________________________________
thebreakd0wn ::: Favorites bs documentary made to create support for the Iraq war. 07-10-21 16:25:35 __________________________________________________
cubencis ::: Favorites ephialtes is a myth and not confirmed- though possibly true 07-10-21 11:29:29 __________________________________________________
erixthonios ::: Favorites No not for nothing,you know a great deal of things about Sparta,more than any other person I have seen in utube.I just thought your judgement on Spartan culture was unfair,that's why I replied.And yes I have read Herodotus' Histories.Take care 07-10-21 03:57:34 __________________________________________________
spartanphalaynx ::: Favorites Well darn, i guess my research has been for nothing, thanx though for the extra info on sparta and the clear up, it makes more since now. Have u read Herotodus, "the history"? 07-10-20 20:00:27 __________________________________________________
SteroidKid95 ::: Favorites spartans never went down they were trained to never give up to die for there country 07-10-20 03:50:15 __________________________________________________
erixthonios ::: Favorites Well,they could surrender to Persians and nothing would happen to them,just like the Thebans or the Argives. The truth is that greek resistance,that tiny wavering alliance,was the outcome of the policy of king Kleomenis,king leonidas and the Athenian Themistocles 07-10-18 12:00:43 __________________________________________________
erixthonios ::: Favorites But the reasons why Spartans were comparatively weak in the early 4th century BC is because the influx of large amounts of money after 404BC had created a dangerous imbalnce in the political system.From the 10000 peers that once formed the Spartan army less than 1000 had remained in 370 BC.The rest had lost their political rights due to debts and the land had been gathered at the hands of less than 100 families.That's what caused Sparta's downfall 07-10-18 11:54:38 __________________________________________________
spartanphalaynx ::: Favorites CAUSE THEY KNEW IF ATHENS OR CORINTH FELL SO WOULD THEY!!!. they knew each Greek city state depended on the other, sort of a symbosis relationship, if one fell, then all would just a matter of time, no one Greek state was powerful enough to fend of invaders by themselves, and they knew this, that is why Sparta helped out as much as they did, to secure Sparta from burning 07-10-18 11:50:12 __________________________________________________
erixthonios ::: Favorites Alexander never took on Sparta The one that destroyed it by freeing their slaves and builiding a city for them,Megalopolis,was the Theban general Epaminondas.Of course he was in a position to do this because he had dealt them a very severe blow in the battle of Leuctra(371 BC) 07-10-18 11:49:57 __________________________________________________