@SallyStrange They did win the #PeloponnesianWar , so they can't have been that bad at strategy and tactics. Also ancient masters of quips.

However, yes, their society was garbage, relied on slavery to function, and involved regularly massacring the inhabitants of a nearby city for the lulz. It was certainly no model for anything good.

I'd suggest current enthusiasm stems more from the grotesque reimaginings of #FrankMiller and #ZackSnyder than any actual history.

Better model? Sacred Band🤔

Segesta (or Egesta), located in the north-west corner of Sicily, was an important trading town from the 7th century BCE onwards. https://www.worldhistory.org/Segesta/ #History #Alcibiades #MagnaGraecia #PeloponnesianWar

Great news for #AncientHistory & #History buffs: I spent the first few days of the new year creating several new magazines.

The first, called "The Grecian Urn", is focused on the #Greek & #Selucid empires. At launch I have over 110 articles, including:

- #Hellenistic kingdoms of #AlexanderTheGreat & his heirs

- Rise & fall of the Seleucid empire

- What was the #PeloponnesianWar?

- What were the #Spartans like?

- The Greek #Goddesses

- Greek language history

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Segesta (or Egesta), located in the north-west corner of Sicily, was an important trading town from the 7th century BCE onwards. Situated on the strategically advantageous slopes of Mt. Barbaro, yet still close enough to the coast to support a trading port, Segesta established itself as the most important regional town of the Elymi people. Flourishing in the 5th century BCE, Segesta continued t...https://www.worldhistory.org/Segesta/ #Alcibiades #MagnaGraecia #PeloponnesianWar