021. Governing Spartans

Spartan History Podcast by Steven

Feb 14, 202143:28Society & Culture

EPISODE 21 GOVERNING SPARTANS Welcome back folks and to the first of what will be a series of episodes designed to explain the different facets of the Spartan world in the lead up to the Greco-Persian wars. This time its...

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