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You may already know it was more than 300 that fought at Thermopylae
but I couldn't pass 300 followers without talking about them.
5 ways the Spartans will inspire you
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You may already know it was more than 300 that fought at Thermopylae
but I couldn't pass 300 followers without talking about them.
5 ways the Spartans will inspire you
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The Spartans dedicated their life to their craft, they began their military training at the age of 7.
The Spartans felt no need to have walls around their city, the other Greeks called Spartan men
The Walls of Sparta
The Walls of Sparta
King Philip II of Macedonia sent a message to Sparta saying, If I invade you will be destroyed never to rise again.
The Spartans replied with one word,
If.
The Spartans replied with one word,
If.
Surrender was the ultimate shame in Sparta,
they would come home with their shield or on it.
they would come home with their shield or on it.
Like in 300 when the Persians told the Spartans to lay down their arms they responded
Come and take them!
Come and take them!
