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Was Sparta's war culture ultimately a success or a failure?

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Short answer:- They were a total, miserable failure. 'The best soldiers in history' would've been beaten in a 10-to-1 fight with Genghis Khan or Alexander or Napoleon or Nobunaga. Long answer:- This can be looked at with two aspects. Military: Sparta was a joke. read more

Successful warrior races hated fighting, wore elaborate clothing, listened to Buddhist monks, wore funny hats & had no trouble swallowing insults on the off-chance that they might secure a peace treaty. read more

Their greatest success was the occupation of Pylos off the coast of the Peloponnesus (425 B.C.), where Spartan defenders were taken hostage and the way was made clear for Helot runaways. The subsequent failure of Sparta to reduce Athens in the first decade of the war led to a brief peace (421 B.C.). read more

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