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It may also be impolite to note that the army at Thermopylae was composed of Thebans and Thespians as well as Spartans, and that they all died, with the result that the Persians burned Athens to the ground. --[[User:WOVcenter|WOVcenter]] 01:52, 12 March 2007 (EDT) | It may also be impolite to note that the army at Thermopylae was composed of Thebans and Thespians as well as Spartans, and that they all died, with the result that the Persians burned Athens to the ground. --[[User:WOVcenter|WOVcenter]] 01:52, 12 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ... an article on Sparta? [[User:Aziraphale|Aziraphale]] 01:29, 24 July 2007 (EDT) ''<-pondering the imponderable and scruting the inscrutable..'' | ||
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It would be impolite of me to mention that the Spartans accepted homosexual relationships among men as natural and expected, right? --Fullmetajacket 16:56, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
It may also be impolite to note that the army at Thermopylae was composed of Thebans and Thespians as well as Spartans, and that they all died, with the result that the Persians burned Athens to the ground. --WOVcenter 01:52, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
It should be noted that Spartan women were also great fighters and the fact that women did fight contributed to Sparta's reputation as being fierce and dedicated warriors. Spartans did not live with their "families" rather men lived in barracks and children left home shortly before puberty to train as warriors.
Shouldn't this just be...
... an article on Sparta? Aziraphale 01:29, 24 July 2007 (EDT) <-pondering the imponderable and scruting the inscrutable..
