Childhood is when you idolize Sparta adulthood is when you realise

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Adulthood is realising the Persians succeeding would have bee better as the storage of capital always leads to the development of art and ideas

Former Spartaboo here when I was a 14 year old edgelord. I eventually grew up and now Im a proud Romaboo.

Adulthood is actually laughing your ass off at how hard Greeks got btfo'd by Philip and remained under foreign control and influence for the next 2 millenia

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oldmanhood is realizing the persians defeated the greeks with diplomacy after the failed invasions and weakened them for the macedonians, who themselves were originally subjects of the persians and had learned from them

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Sparta is still pretty interesting as a thought experiment