‘If we win the war we will take you’re lands, burn down your houses, enslave your women, and kill your children.’
The Spartan reply:
‘If.’
Phillip II never made war with Sparta...
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Keep it simple...
Phillip II of Macedon, after conquering many Greek city-states looked to conquer Sparta. He sent a warning through a messenger:
‘If we win the war we will take you’re lands, burn down your houses, enslave your women, and kill your children.’
The Spartan reply:
‘If.’
Phillip II never made war with Sparta...
‘If we win the war we will take you’re lands, burn down your houses, enslave your women, and kill your children.’
The Spartan reply:
‘If.’
Phillip II never made war with Sparta...
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Spartan mothers to their sons: "Come back with your shield or on it."
One can only wish that we lived in a culture where honor and courage was so prized.
Courage, yes, but as far as honor goes, well... They devolved into a matriach-dominated society with more than a bent for pedophilia. Thus, as can be said of many civilizations & cultures: they WERE great. Leonidas at Thermopylae, etc. Just so happens that a homosexual/feminist society is rather transient. They end up running out of men. And eventually falling to Arabs. Funny thing, history.
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