What Life Was Really Like for the Average Spartan
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- Sparta had one of the most respected and fiercest fighting forces of their era. Daily life in ancient Sparta supported the military machine to the point where all other aspects of life revolved around it. From the time a Spartan was born to their death, they served the state and its armed forces. Spartans had to be perfect, both in society and on the battlefield. Their civilization worked as a military unit, preparing both men and women to be their best for whatever challenges they faced.
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What historical group of warriors or soldiers do you think are the toughest?
Do the Chinese "Jinyiwei" imperial guard *please.* They're my favorite warriors and I want to know more about them
Skandinavian Berserkers. I think?
Canadian Geese. Still around and undefeated, they can take down airplanes.
Dardanian(Trojan)..
If I was born in ancient Sparta I might be able to servive if I was somehow transported to ancient Sparta as I I'm now I'd die within a week. 😲😲😱☠️☠️☠️
Spartan: "Lets take a look at this baby"
Baby: Faintest Defect
Spartan: *i diagnose you with dead*
I laughed at this way harder than i should have🤣
Commander Bly 🗣🗣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
Commander Bly This made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂
Plan B
Imagine training your entire life just to die 5 minutes into your first battle.
Thats the warrior spirit you had embed firmly into
Most of them didn’t die in battle
They were too trained to die they took war easier that training
well i guess thats the benefit of dying.
It's called a beautiful death.
Viking: I am so badass
Spartan: You must be new here.
Nah vikings id say are actually even worse than spartans
Dian Smit no they aren’t, spartans were specifically trained for combat from the day they were born, hand selected. Vikings were just farmers that massacred english priests n a low level society
@Jimmy Crackcorn Yeah Id like to see you say that to one face plus they nearly conquered entire england and so.e of the most famous people from that time were vikings such as Ragnar
@@ThinkAbstract so you say that bunch of farmers conquered most of the England. Ain't that worse?
@@ThinkAbstract have u heard of 1 Viking holding off an entire army?
So, strangely enough, Sparta was one of the few societies in the history of the Western world where you actually hit the jackpot if you were a girl and not a boy. You got a husband who looked like a superhero and you actually had several freedoms that no other women were allowed in centuries.
I'd like to be a female in Sparta and just give men a happy night.
I would fit in.
why strange
@@antonisnikolaros8185 I love how everyone is saying Spartans were a hellenic and savage society when they were one of the few that treated their women better than any other society did for centuries. Let's all just ignore that fact because the men were treated like the cattle for once, welcome to how life was for women in every other civilization.
I'm pretty sure this was NOT the western world. Lol. What?
"Would you be able to live the life of a Spartan?" Somehow I don't think you'd have any choice.
Exactly haha
@Alexandra Desirae Then get ready to get beat even more for crying XD
I bet there were deserters that fled to Athens... probably the ones that Spartan society considered "weak" and chose to torment.
I Wonder if they considered heart in a fighter? I get knocked down but I get up again, you never gonna keep me down?
I believe if Spartans knew the art of not only empowering the physical aspect of a man but the mental aspect not in terms of torment but in terms of appreciation, they could have endured more training due to their conscious wanting to do it for a possitive reason instead of being forced to do it, because they still loved their families so they clearly had emotions, that's the conscious you have to empower to become out of body like a plant for example and work for a purpose.
I’m sure Spartans would think us modernized people were utterly fat and useless! 🤣
Well even just one of that "fat useless people" can kill all the village of spartan.
Yavuz selim Abasıyanık not on the same playing field
@Ali Ay yeah theyd be so disappointed that they would go back to their barracks and start having rough sex with each other like they did aggressively as well as pedophilia
Yavuz selim Abasıyanık JAJAJA, good joke.
@@alexios3180 I believe Yavus was referring to the power of modern technology. For example, with one AR-15 and plenty of ammo, you technically could wipe out a whole Spartan village.
Fun fact is that they didn't called their sons by their names, they called them just BOI
God of war 👀
BOIIIII
Bank of Ireland?
Fckkk yeahh, call them little shits atreus too
What my dad called me through growing up. It was because of the Simpsons tho during their hayday, he was Homer
spartans when their children didn't seem to be able to fight a full grown lion a few hours after birth: yeetus deletus this braindead fetus
I'm writing that down
I wish I could save comments lmao🤣🤣
It’s not a fetus anymore if it’s been born you sausage
@@notnero5280 here we have a pathetic child who just learnt his bio yesterday
@@notnero5280 such insult
Imagine a society of gym bros
That’s what I’m picturing
Lol haha omg I cant unsee it now lol
Lol bro they we re not have big muscle like you see in the movies, they we re athletic bodyes because the lack of food
Most gym bros have muscles that's it, no functionality whatsoever.
Exactly, so boring
@@adrianmagria9868 That was the kids. That means they likely weren't very tall, but once they were adults they would have been on the top rungs of their society, and thus would have access to the best food sources and proteins of their culture. I would expect a lot of them to be 5'8" but jacked.
“Do you think you could live the life of a Spartan?”
Looks down at stomach
“No. No I could not”
You wouldn't have a choice if you were born there, would you?
Maria Nunes well no shit Sherlock
Lol!😀
@@kaayb3243 Irish sarcasm 🙄
In Athens on the other hand you would be a ok
"Heavy drinking was for slaves only." And it still is.
You can consume alcohol and not be a slave.
A slave is someone who is bound to another person. Who owns them like property.
Lol the slaves of drinking are appearing
@bruceownsu so you're a heavy drinker?Stop it, think of the people around you,my father is a drunkard and it fucking sucks to be around drunkards.
@@InfidelProductionzhe said "heavy drinking", when you are addicted to alcohol and drink so much that you get drunk you're a slave to the addiction.
Mojo Jim look at mr. cool and edgy over here calling people slaves to the system ooooh we’re so proud of you
Me who’s sitting in my bed eating Cheetos at 1 in the morning while my Greek ancestors who have killed hundreds of enemy soldiers: pathetic
yeet that fatty cheeto a$$ off the mountains!
I’m dead fucking ass
Baby : shows signs of weakness...
Father : Press X to throw...
presses X..... YEET
Achievement Achieved: Baby Yeeter
-50 gamerscore
poor kid he did nothing wrong
press "F" to pay respect
Can you do a day in the life of the average mongols
Yeah, that would be so cool!!
I second this. Hate all u violent men but I want to learn
Bug Eye chill wamen
@@BlackLotusVisualArchive you deny the violence isn't part of there nature at all??!!
@@ghazalsuna9861 Yess for sure.. Mongolian are Humble people as another Asian as well.. in past time All Culture are warlike, no matter which country
Something I've always wondered: how did Sparta become so brutally obsessed with creating the best warriors that distinguished them from other city states? Was there a defining event that made them like this?
Tô survive in that time you had not to be strong, but the strongest. They knew it, and that is why they didn’t get invaded by any enemy.
they were already pretty good warriors but when they expanded they wanted to keep hold of the lands they took so instead of fighting over who should have this and that they united every man like a brother who he would fight to the death for and they decided to become one fighting unit one fighting country one fighting brotherhood all connected so nobody could ever take from them
Actually, yes. The Spartans were descendants from invaders from Crete. They saw themselves as occupiers of a foreign land rather than its inhabitants. Read Herodotus's account in his book.
They were real men
The exact reason that made Sparta a military state was the Helot uprise. Which was there slave class. The helots outnumbered the Spartans around 3 to 1 so every Spartan needed to be a possible combatant
baby: coughs slightly
Spartan: so you have chosen death
Baby: *Sneezes once*
Spartan: YEET
Fish your comment is under appreciated 😂
@@misshebabe16x it's because hes a fish!! FISH LIVES MATTER!!
I officially declare that a golden comment! 😂
This gave me a chuckle
😂🤦🏻♂️
“If they were caught for a crime they were severely punished, not for stealing. But for not being smart enough to get away with it.”
Good way for psychopaths to thrive
that's the insane mentality of war...
They were the only thriving nation that did not require walls, insane right?
The entire Greek world feared them, Athens sent a letter to them.
"If you dont fall under our democracy we will make your woman and children slaves."
It was to be a threat, to scare the Spartans.
The Spartans sent one word back.
"If."
Which terrified the Athenians as accounting parties went missing shortly after, Sparta began to move across their own border to kill accounting parties, which mostly consisted of their finest warriors.
Spartan hoplites.
They usually used spears and heavy shields, bronze armor in combat and would only use swords as a last resort or if they threw their spears.
Robert Carroll it wasn’t Athens, it was another Greek city
@@cuteflygon It was King Phillip, Alexander the Greats father
@@robertcarroll2819 Yeah that's cool and all, but Athens and Sparta frequently waged war on one another, and Sparta never had a significant advantage over Athens. So one really has to question the value of Sparta's brutal, sadistic social structure.
"To make an omelet, you've gotta break some eggs."
*TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST, THERE'S ALWAYS A CATCH*
"A soul for a soul."
"A small price to pay for salvation."
These guys are way tougher than any modern soldiers we have today
The weapons have changed, not the men.
They didn't smoke or eat junk food.
Little baby: *coughs slightly*
Spartan: YoU wANt dEaD BoY?
Boi
This is exaggerated. Babies were put to death for major defects, not minor ones. Having a child was dangerous and expensive, so you didn't throw it away unless it would become a burden to the state. If you had down syndrome, spina bifida, or were black or something, then they'd throw you away. Otherwise it was all good.
DumbDuck44 It’s a joke dumb fuck, welcome to earth.
Hahahahahahaha
@@BoopSnoot people were still ignorant and Savage as fuck back then. My great grandma was born in a dirt floor for God sake as a Danish immigrant first born and lived next to the neZ perce
Bathed in wine? Sounds pretty fancy
all fun and games until it gets into your pee hole.
@@alarcon99 wtf😭😭
Ancient wine don't have nearly as high alcohol percent as modern wine, but still lol
Pot roast is also delicious when soaked in wine before cooking.
*denounces getting drunk*
*bathes their babies in wine*
....>_>
I think the Spartans were truly the most elite and toughest warriors in history. They were literally bred for war and that was their sole purpose in life. They welcomed pain and death like no other.
They were real men! musclemen! They went to war in leather thongs.. We need Spartan regime back for men!
It's interesting that only soldiers who died in battle and women who died in childbirth could legally get a funeral in Sparta, since they both died for their country. Definitely a good way to keep the citizens focused on the Spartan way of life.
Lmao. I would have been an abandoned baby so quick.
TheCaptain008 lmao I thought so too but my mum said I rarely cried
I would have been discarded I was a premie
As an infant, I had pyloric stenosis which means that I couldn't eat without projectile vomiting. It's safe to say that I might have lasted 45 days, tops, in Sparta.
@@Redfoot138 Neat. I had an extra digit on both my feet (a sixth toe). Removed at yesr one; it required constant surgery on both feet for 16 years to make sure they grew normal and functional. '28 years old now, I've ran, skated, rock climbed, and currently work in a warehouse. Sometimes however I think back and would wish they did me away in Spartan style. 16 years is more than half my life in crutches and a cast. Lots of stress could've been alleviated before I was even capable of acknowledged pain, humility, happiness, sadness. All the best and more so worse things could have never been felt. I still struggle wondering if I should have existed at all.
@@TheCaptain008 Thanks for sharing. I never had your type of persistent struggle or any type of chronic illness. Pyloric stenosis is easily treatable once identified so that's not such a big deal in modern times. Apparently, I also had pneumonia three times by the time I was six. So I definitely wouldn't have made the cut in Sparta. As far as your last sentence, I was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was 16 so there have definitely been times in my life where I've had that same exact thought. My only real response is that we both exist now, so let's keep plugging!
I mean, gotta say they definitely earned their badassery.
Erin Mason your a woman shut up you degenerate
FBI lol wtf?
Phil Swift degenerates like her belong on a cross
100% badass
FBI and you’re an idiot who also uses “your” wrong
They probably threw many prodigy children because of their physic and illness..... who knows those children could led them to invent some extraordinary things which can be helpful for those warriors...
Sparta was not the place for them culturally. Yes, it was wasted potential, but in diversifying their culture the Spartans would have created factions in time and a divided state was a state ready to fall. Sparta's strength was in their military unity and obedience
They only wanted strong men
@humanity is a joke to our ancestors Engineering and medical science is necessary for war.
"Η ΤΑΝ Η ΕΠΙ ΤΑΣ"
"Return Holding your Shield (victorious), or Dead On it".
Spartan Mothers said that to their sons when departing for battle.
So basically the Spartans were real life Saiyans.
Ikr
Gayans
lmao I never thought of it like that!
*I don't want to say your right*
*But I can't say your wrong.*
i think the saiyans are the fictional spartans :b
sounds like your best bet was to be born a boy in Athens or a girl in Sparta
pretty much
But as a girl you’d be forced to abandon your “defected” baby and that might cause a lot of psychological problems in the long run
No in Athens if you were boy your gonna be molested or raped. They were known boy lovers
There were more than two Greek city states. As each city state acted as an independent country. A person's life in ancient Macedon, Epirus, Thessaly, Crete, Ephesus, Syracuse ect. Would have been very different than that of someone in Sparta and Athens.
@@cjames3029 Spartans also raped their youths. Leonidas was raped by his commander and he probably did the same to the boys he trained.
I think they had a training session where they yelled THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
All day long
To get their vigor up you know
Spartan warriors were on average 5 foot 10, and were actually quite skinny compared to todays protein milkshake gym people. A big part of their training was in going without food and being able to withstand hunger. Their diet was mostly the equivalent of wheatbix.
Even walking around American Revolutionary buildings and ships, you can tell the average height for people must have been shorter for that era. I imagine an average height of 5’ 10” for ancient greece had to be considered tall.
False! Spartan boys when they reached 7 were forced to play Raid: Shadow Legends.
God what a nightmare
and they were punished to death if they played fortnight
@@daynight3328 Now that's a reality I could live
@@connorkimbral3034 Yeah I’m down with that
@@daynight3328 *fortnite
Concerning the Helots: The Spartans were so terrified of a slave revolt that they almost never sent all their troops into battle. Some were always kept in Sparta to crush any sign of revolt, since the Helots outnumbered the Spartans several times.
that's interesting, I knew that they have always left some soldiers at sparta, but I never knew this was the reason, thanks for explaining. :)
Basically the Spartans were fascist long before that term was invented.
@@MandalorV7 Do you know what fascism means boy? Not trying to defend their political system, but pretty sure fascist governments don't have elected officials, or freely distribute land, or have any socially progressive policies for that matter.
@@MandalorV7 Right, because quelling a rebellion of a bunch of dangerous, uneducated drunks is considered fascism.
@@Caine61 They were slaves, treated like animals by Spartans. It's their nature to rebel.
I remember a great Spartan once said "Don't be sorry boy, be better"
GOD OF WAR
this helped me with my school work. thank you!
A childhood that consisted of emotional neglect, body shaming, and demeaning attitudes towards fearful reactions? Damn, I didn't realize I had so much in common with the Spartans.
but have you turned that into a strength or allowed it to make you weak?
@@adammoore7059 it did but i just showered
@passive menis thank you Dr. MassivePenis
@passive menis it apparently worked for an entire race Soo....
The Sweet Grasp Of Death body shaming is good, it encouraged me to get in shape, I feel great now
Me: to lazy to get remote
Me: downloads remote on phone
Spartan ancestor- Shame
😂😆
yeah sometimes we get lazy af
This isn't funny?
Javelin JAVELIN
“Do you think you could live the life of a Spartan?”
Looks down at stomach
“No. No I could not”
As a Greek man, I'm proud of my ancestors.
You should be!
Well they wouldn't be proud of how you lot fcked your country by not paying taxes and just being lazy.
Sir, this is a Wendy's
“The Athenians, those boy lovers”
@@tonyjmurillo96where's the beef?
A+ video!
What a lifestyle that would be! Awesome video!
Dude I eat like 6 times a day and I’m still skinny I can’t imagine how frail I would be if raised as a spartan
youd probably be slim but muscular
Fresh milk and tsoureki bread in the morning pork steak (huge) and fries with salt and oregano along with choriatiki (Greek salad with feta cheese on top ) in the midday) Greek yoghurt with honey and walnuts (BIG portion) in the afternoon and fruit salad with apples pears tangerine sprinkled with sun seed and orange juice for dinner. You will get at least 3 kilos in a week with moderate work out too.
Lol, must be nice
Wtf do you eat?Saw dust?
Track your calories, you could be eating frequently but not caloric dense foods. Find what your tdee is and track your cals for a week. Go 500 cals over your tdee. You'll gain weight.
Spartans: work work work
Germans: *Write that down,write that down*
lmao XD
Accurate
Greece today: doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work
@@todoldtrafford, Greeks actually work the most hours on average in the entire world.
@@mrh4900 if sleeping during the day is work then you’re absolutely right 🤣
ey mad props. really good video, beautiful visuals and animations!! you guys really deserve 2mln subs.
Conditioned right from birth. Pretty impressive they understood the psychological part of war back then. Crazy stuff. I love this channel. I'm addicted now
Imagine if they lived long enough to meet up with the Vikings 😨😰
Europe:🔥🔥🔥
They would probably meet and attack Athens.
vikings would get rekt
Both were brothers Soo they would become Allies and conquer the world.....nice try
@@andykush76 Not even close. Just because they live warrior lives, doesn't mean they love every warrior out there. Only towards there own people.
@@Gadget-Walkmen how do you know that ?where you there? Nice try
Could you do the real life "assassins"? Either that, or the Madjay of ancient Egypt?
You mean Hashashins and Sicarios?
@@goodtitle686 yea, I think the sicarii would be more interesting
@@trentarnold7226 That would be very cool video!
Trent Arnold
I would love to see that!!! The Assassin's Creed franchise is my type of game! 😂
Asaasiyun
Geez... I just feel so bad for all the boys who had to go through this. This is madness!
No this is Sparta!
Madness?? THIS IS SPARTA!
This is Sparta!
I am Sparta!
No, this is Patrick!
Sparta's greatest aspect? A good PR department.
This is true. Sparta were feared and romanticized much later on by historian. Actual records indicated that they were no better solider than rest of the ancient Greece's soldiers. It was great PR; nonetheless, just PR.
They were even subdued by the Macedonian army without the presence of Alexander when they tried to plot a coup against their own. What a bunch of pussies. They should have just joined Alexander in his conquests.
Haha! Fool haters.
@Matt Lombardo Herodotus' record is what I meant by romanticized by historian. I am not disputing his record. But that is his record. It is similar to a reporter reviewing North Korea from regimen's point of view. He wrote what he saw. It doesn't mean it's 100% truth or Sparta's society was constantly the way Herodotus wrote. It peaked and fell like a sine curve. The fact was that they had lost to Athens at Battle of Sphacteria and to Boeotians at Battle of Leuctra proved that they didn't fare significantly better than other armies in Greece soldiers. That's proven fact from multiple sources that they were defected. Their abilities on average was better but not significantly better.
It was a myth that they were invisible. Romanticized later on by later historians.
Naaaah, Spartans were bad ass. Some army tried to threaten them and Sparta was like "if". Them dudes backed off
What was life like in legendary boy band Big Time Rush
lol or One direction or Hannah Montana.
Make it count play it straight
Don't look back don't hesitate
When you go Big Time
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What the Spartans were able to do in battle though was amazing. This should be a follow up video
I love these videos. history has never been so interesting to me. wish they did this in school, i would have gotten better grades.
What life was really like for the average Athens, next! :D
Luka Harvima-Athenian
comfortable
And this is why they are still remembered as one of the worlds toughest warriors ever created
They have Retold History to hide real shit. What they wont tell u is They were based off a Gay principal they would Have sex with eachother nights of the battle. Look this shit up dont just believe me.. Roman/(The greek word Romance) the greeks believe there was no greater love than that between 2 men. Yall gotta do ur own research no just believe this bs they just tell u. Just like with black ppl... History starts as them slaves.. But they never tell u the life before slavery black ppl ruled Egypt it was a world know Empire. They have started history in reverse to their likeing. 💯
Evil Timez CD that’s pretty gay
@@InfiniteMind9 dude the fuck are you on about
who are the toughest?
@@InfiniteMind9 im studying ancient greek and i can say this is true to an extent, they saw women as a reproductory object and saw men as just pleasure there was no seperation between gay men and straight men they all were the same
Spartan life probably didn't include doing anabolic steroids.
This video taught me that you can basically train your body to do anything and to withstand anything
You could do one about ancient sumerians, that would be nice
Yes sumerians
What was life like for the average person and slaves in ancient Egypt, those who weren't among the nobility or religious service?
Simply a hardworking Slave (wholl be wiped by his master if he stops) or warrior if needed be.
This is why he is not doing this things to his own kid and got out of sparta 😂
me born in Sparta.
Me: oh shit, please throw me in the valley. I will re-login. Thanks.
This what parents act like they grew up doing 🤦🏽♀️🤣
Lol
And one day we will all do the same thing 😂😂
Damn, Sparta went hard
Don't ya mean good God, Sparta!
it would really nice if you guys did a historical look at Basotho and the Mountain kingdom...but I love these videos.
awesome video, it helped a lot with my homework assignment
You should do a video about Ancient Greek "Maenads".
They were these absolutely crazy women who killed humans and animals in weird rituals.
No one has done a proper video about them and it would be pretty interesting :D
What about Africa empires who dominated world trade and had the richest man in history or we can go into Japan more.
MR. KING OF PHENOMENAL the African kingdom would be nice
@@BonzerMrT Or the Crusades
@@mr.kingofphenomenal4629 Lots of really interesting and underappreciated history to know. I definitely would love to see more.
MR. KING OF PHENOMENAL because there are no such empires.
I see now why Kratos was always angry
Interesting and informative. A rough lifestyle not for the faint of heart.
I’m reading and hearing many different things about Spartan societal structure. They were a fierce bunch indeed. Honestly they’re shrouded in mystery. In the rise of classical Greece stories were mostly oral. I do know that not all historians agree that they were entirely as harsh as said. They could’ve been. Perikles was known to be the one I guess, to create historical lit. They did have an honor code which was cool. They upheld women in the highest honor as life givers. Even a conformist war breeding society could’ve been easily corrupted from time to time. I would’ve chosen my Spartan cousins nonetheless.🤘🏼
Yea.. risk getting raped by older pedophile soldiers when your 7 or 10yo, then be forbid to live with a women until and if you survive till 30yo.
Cool life... for you.
surely one of those babies that got abandoned could have been the greatest spartan ever.
One of those underdog stories everyone likes.
Sounds like a movie for Michael Bay
Just the thought of getting rid of a baby because it’s small is ridiculous it could grow into the strongest
they must have never heard of isekai revenge heroes
Leonidis survived the wilderness, and raised himself to be the greatest Spartan warrior! Now you know the rest of the story!
Me reading Naruto: Children trained to be assassins since they were six or seven? I call bullshit.
Meanwhile, once upon a time in Sparta:
Crazy to think that was reality.
@humanity is a joke to our ancestors
No lol they should be trained according to their intellect
@humanity is a joke to our ancestors
Agree. Some Prussian discipline is needed to bring the modern western generations back to the track
Great video
This explains a lot about Kratos.
Living in Sparta to me is no less than hell.
Because you a pussy
Ngl it would be cool to personally say "This is Sparta"
To me it sounds heavenly, as someone who searched for a purpose for most of my life I can think of no greater situation than being born into a society that assigns you purpose from the day you are born.
Of course, I also understand that it’s not for everyone, just speaking from personal experience.
I'd love to see something in Weird History about the Ancient Irish.
me too!
Unfortunately theres not much known of the Irish or people on the British Isles besides heavily biased Roman accounts until the Dark Ages.
I think it’d actually be funny if we went back now. Knowing all the different techniques to fighting in hand to hand would be very interesting and advantageous against a spartan as they had their own set style of fighting
i am of spartan stock and all i can say is thank god i wasn't born back then. but i did have an older brother who was caught up in the ancient culture and made me fight/spar with his older friends to 'toughen' me up. by the time i started school the teacher was complaining to my parents that i was hitting everyone and getting into fights all the time. i was a crazy, tempermental kid but thankfully i mellowed out as i got older. geez i remember those days, i would fight at the drop of a hat, by the time i was 8 years old i must have been in 40 fights.....and all i remember are the two i lost.
Spartans were famous for how little they would speak in a conversation...their whole goal in life was to serve the army and big conversations were not part of it. In fact, this trait was so unique to Spartans, that today....even after ~2,500 years we say : "Μιλάς Λακωνικά" ...You speak as a Lakonian (meaning a Spartan), to emphasize how dense and short someone speaks.
My question is how did the underfeeding affect their growth especially during puberty don’t you need proper nutrition to grow properly?
Pay attention to the fuckin video, dumbass.
From what I understood from the video itt wasnt that the were litteraly steaving the Boys. They just didnt give them enough food to feel full. They gave just enough to do what they have to do în a day. Plus the body gests used to it
They were given just enough so they could get what they needed to done. The ridiculous work out regiment probably undid anything that not eating enough did to their body. Plus I also think it would be helpful if they didn’t need as much food is their cities were to be sieges or if they were on the warpath
Testosterone levels were through the roof back in those days and they probably consumed a lot of olive oil which is calorie dense.
They probably had to much testosterone to be affected 😂
You did good on all the rome and Vikings one
Very fascinating!
Hey Weird History, love your channel. Sparta makes me curious about the Zulu nation. Could you do it one day?
Hope yoy reach 1mil soon, you are one of the best history channels . You don't overreact when you talk and it's always interesting what you talk about
You can tell how prideful their uncompromising culture was, when theres an ancient spartan grave of a woman with a carved text. And that carved text portrays how she restored the honor of her family by murdering her own son who was a deserter.
Seems to me that the Spartans were highly overrated, mostly due to the battle of Thermopylae.
Their rigidly structured society based on oppression and violence was eventually rendered obsolete, even in the ancient world.
They were brutal, dumbfuck, abusive slaver trash.
I don’t care when they existed. Right and wrong also existed then.
They aren’t any sort of hero to me. They are novelties of a horrible era.
Nature: I will do the job of selecting the fittest to survive.
Sparta: Hold my wine bathtub..
please do a video on spanish Conquistadores!
Xi Jinping my family are direct descendants of the conquistadors. We have been in NM since the late 1500’s
@@TheMontoya09 wow this is really cool! I don't know if some of my ancestors were Conquistadores, I wish, but there is some probability since my lastname can be found in some american countries. the name also isin't very common and was of lesser nobility, like a landed knight.
Xi Jinping there were honorary spainiards from other nations who were Spanish
Spartan baby: *can’t lift 70 men alone*
Spartans: You are about to destroy item(child) Yes Yes
Sparta sure did produce a lot of Badass Bookworms and Genius Bruisers in the military.
1:47
“When they cried or complained, their caretakers ignored them”
That’s not going to lead to a secure attachment style
Exactly...bred for death.
Yeah. Sparta was one big puppy mill :(
@@michelefernandez2240 Not bred for death... for war.
Im sure if they would see my face when i was born, they would probably YEET me of the cliff like frisbee.
We gotta be grateful we live in the society we live cause tbh I wouldn’t last 1 week in the Sparta life, their training, hard way of life, shiiii It will be badass to go back in time to see their way of life in person !! What a feeling
Really good video but I wish you would of talked about the the Class of citizens known as the Periokoi. They were a free non citizen class of Sparta. As the Spartans themselves would pursue no other profession besides warfare they needed the roles of artisan’s and merchants in the cities who were not treated like helots. They also took positions in the spartan military that were considered too risky for True Spartans like skirmishes and weak Calvary. They acted as the barrier between the Spartans and the helots and were friendly with both classes. They were allowed their own laws and customs but they could not vote on spartan foreign or military policy. I believe I even read mention somewhere that if a Perikoi performed well in battle and impress Spartans they could be elevated to the class of being a Spartan but I don’t know how true that one is. Still I feel like it’s important to mention because in your video to someone who might be new to spartan culture they would probably view them as ruthless owners which is true helots were treated very poorly.
Imagine these dudes in the UFC
Oh crap
MO - Gamer they get they ass whooped
UFC fighters have better food and training and would most likely be physically stronger.
@@ethanking4954 yes but dont forget that spartans didnt fight with rules they were fighting really dirty if you know what i mean they would make anything to the enemie that they were fighting without mercy.
@@ethanking4954 Wait what? The shield had weight almosts 7 Kg , if you add the rest of the gear , total 15 kg on them , imagine fighting and swinging for hours with that gear, you realy think any UFC fighter can do that today??
Not only that, but the diference in mental toughness is miles away.
Top tier fighers only get higher up their mental toughness through phycologists and meditation , the Spartats were learning that from 7 years old .
Dont compare , the years were df back than , people could do a marathon after a big fight with no food for days. Especially the Spartans .
I'd love to learn the psychological effects of this
LMAO
I was thinking the same thing. I guess killing people was a way to let go off some steam after years of dehumanization
"HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!"
You have to remember that these were savage times. Every one would b considered an animal by today’s standards. We are lucky.
Not as unhealthy as it sounds like probably. I won't jump to conclusions without further scrutiny.
weird histore is a great channel
I like it ty man
Literally one of the only civilizations where I can say I’d prefer to be a woman 🤟🏼
Yesss!!!
I’d rather be in Ancient Egypt: they had rights too and didn’t have to live under such a brutal and oppressive military state.
So you would rather be there than here today?
sitamun Egypt had more slaves
Women have it hard in modern day? :(
Unlike many other ancient societies, life in Sparta as a woman seems to be really cool.
I feel very sorry for the boys though. I wonder how the mothers felt when their sons were abandoned to die! I don't even wanna think how the babies felt! And can you imagined not being loved as a child? I almost want to cry!
well it feels harsh to us but its their culture. I mean to them it be as normal as your everday life is to you.
Ex.Like if my immediate family tradition is to sleep on camp cots then i sleep on camp cots its just the way it is.. i dont know any different even if my cousins sleep on normal beds. just different ways for different families.
Shawn P LMFAO
Considering most women in Sparta were helots, no it like really sucked on average.
Feeling over Survival?😆
Its not fun being hated, for sure
I like this video was highly educational
Great video. As a Maniot descendent of Spartans I aprove this message.
Throughout the Classical period other Greeks being afraid to fight Spartans.
meanwhile, the persian archemenids at the hot gates: well, those sexy men in red carpets look nice!
Not just afraid, terrified. In most cases when Spartans arrived the other army just surrendered