This is exactly the conclusion of the article, which I think was put very well: > As a new generation of people adopts the Spartans as historical role models,

This is exactly the conclusion of the article, which I think was put very well: > As a new generation of people adopts the Spartans as historical role models, we should understand that they’re probably telling us more about themselves than the actual people who lived in Sparta more than two millennia ago.