• Adlach@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    The thing that drives me nuts about the "if" quote is that the Spartans lost. Hard. Cool quote, but loses some of its punch when you realize they were talking a big game they couldn't follow up.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      Not to mention the force sent to Thermopylae were all killed. NATO really is going to fight Russia to the death of every last Ukrainian.

      • Adlach@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 month ago

        He's also wrong about which conflict this quote shows up in—it wasn't sent to the Persians but to the Macedonians under Philip II.

        Not relevant really, just a fun fact.