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Sparta is "capturing the modern imagination"? I thought we were supposed to think about Rome every day.
by xhkkffbf 2y ago
Sparta is "capturing the modern imagination"? I thought we were supposed to think about Rome every day.
- schmichael 2y agoDon’t worry: we’re indirectly thinking about Rome by thinking about their perception of ancient Sparta. Rome is the Kevin Bacon of western historical thought: we’re never more than 6 hops away.
- gopher_space 2y agoDick's "the Empire never died" model becomes more useful the older I get.