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They were certainly quite good at least at keeping numerically dominant helots down.
by blfr 4y ago
They were certainly quite good at least at keeping numerically dominant helots down.
- ProjectArcturis 4y agoPlenty of places in ancient times used terror successfully to keep large slave populations in their place. But if you count up Sparta's win/loss record in known battles against other armies, they're almost exactly 50%. And they were 0-2 against the Macedonian phalanx.
- hef19898 4y agoKind of the opposite to Napoleon. Sparta fought one famous battle and is seen as invincible, Napoleon won almost all his battles, lost one decisive battle at Waterloo (incredibly close) and since then is seen as a looser. Propaganda is powerful tool.
- watwut 4y agoBeing good at war and being capable of keeping enslaved population via massive brutality and control are not the same thing.