54 Were the Spartans Proto-Fascist Losers? w/ Bret Devereaux

Ancient Greece Declassified by Dr. Lantern Jack

Jan 1, 202456:09Arts

Bret Devereux is a military historian at North Carolina State University and author of the recent viral article "Spartans Were Losers: The US Military's Admiration of a Proto-Fascist City-State is Based on Bad History."...

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