Zeb Larson on Nostr: Really worthwhile read on all of the ways that Sparta was a mediocrity even in ...

Really worthwhile read on all of the ways that Sparta was a mediocrity even in warfare, and utterly unworthy of admiration for pretty much anything else. The unpleasant armchair general nerds who revere Sparta today are dipshits.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/22/sparta-popular-culture-united-states-military-bad-history/