This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the ancient world - Craig Zimmer
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In ancient Greece, violent internal conflict between border neighbors and war with foreign invaders was a way of life, and Greeks were considered premier warriors. Sparta, specifically, had an army of the most feared warriors in the ancient world. What were they doing to produce such fierce soldiers? Craig Zimmer shares some of the lessons that might have been taught at Spartan school.
Lesson by Craig Zimmer, animation by TED-Ed.
As my history teacher said, when in Ancient Greece, if you were a man, you wanted to be in Athens, but if a woman, you wanted to be in Sparta.
But if you were a King, warrior, fearless, ambitious, logistic smart
You wanted to be in Macedon
Can u explain pls
Golden Memes if you wanted to be a king yeah all the others are athens.
Men still are gonna be stronger
david chizi because women in sparta had almost the same rights as men research it man.
School: gets in a fight and get expelled
Sparta: Gets in a fight and get awarded.
At least you don't die...or worse, Expelled!...
oh
I had my mid terms on this
only if you won tho
@@swanandab2484 You need to sort out your priorities lmao
More like win a fight and get awarded
Europe: We have walls. Where's yours?
Spartans: ...
*WE ARE THE WALLS*
Decomissioned Unit 24 N-TECH This comment is underrated.
A-OOH A-OOH A-OOH A-OOH
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Wow...
Um. Greece is part of Europe.
First of all, modern historians call Spartans like this because they were from Sparta. However did you know that they were called Lacedaemons (Λακεδαιμονείς) and not Spartans (Σπαρτιάτες)? Have you ever wondered what this big nice Λ on a Spartan shield is? It's the Λ from the word Λακεδαιμονείς! But Lacedaemons did call their biggest city Sparta.
Indeed, all Greek tribes had myths for their origin, or the names of their cities, etc. Hellen, for example was the mythological progenitor of the Hellenes (Greeks), who had three sons: Dorus (hence the tribe Dorians), Aeolus (hence Aeolians) and Xuthus. Xuthus had two sons, Ion (hence Ionians) and Achaeus (hence Achaeans).
Υ.Γ. Γεια χαρά! Απ' ό,τι ξέρω, Λακεδαίμονα ή Λακωνία (Λακωνία είναι νεότερη λέξη, μάλλον υποκοριστικό της πρώτης) λεγόταν η περιοχή όπου κατοικούσαν οι Λακεδαιμόνιοι, ενώ Σπάρτα ήταν το όνομα της Σπάρτης στην δωρική διάλεκτο. Οι Αθηναίοι δεν είχαν το προελληνικό μακρό "α", αλλά το "η" (που ήταν μακρό "ε" στα αρχαία).
You cant trust wiki
every one can write on wiki, even you, (if you have an account).
Pelle Reinicke This is a stereotype. Yes, everyone can write on Wikipedia, but every single entry has citations from books or articles written by professors and experts and it is frequently checked by Wikipedia's moderators to see if there are citations. So, I can trust the article for, e.g. the Earth or Pericles. But if somewhere in the entry it says "citation needed", then I wont trust this piece of information.
guys both Αποστολος and me are Greeks so we know our history
In case people wanna know what the tombstones said.
" Leonidas. died in battle"
"elene. died during child birth."
I see what you did there....
+mlpSpiritCross and the dates υπγ, υο are 483 and 470 respectively (had to look it up, we don't use greek numerals nowdays).
Marcus Kaiser Nope, no BC, just 483 and 470.
Avv2390 who's Elene?
Probably a reference to Helen of Troy (she was Helen of Sparta before that, and after, in as much as we can say anything based on legend and myth)
Elene aka Helen was a legend taking place during the mycenian and minoan civilization's times. Basically she got kidnapped by the leader of Troy and taken back only for her husband to find out she was in Egypt and what he took is an interpretation. All of this is based on the greco-troic war and alot of ancient writers have wrote books about this.
THIS ..........
IS ............
A pretty informative video thanks for posting
WEIRD!!!
+Nikhil Mathews ATHENS!
+Nikhil Mathews So anticlimactic.
niiiceee
clever lad!
I feel like this is one of the only time periods/ancient civilizations where being a woman was actually better than being a man
Weslie RossMal woman in the west have a bit more rights then men, and can do some things a man can't.
Celtic women also had it better at the time, and Queen Tomyris of Scythia is said to be the worlds first female leader.
MAXZONE47 shut the fuck up at the time of sparta this people were climbing t trees
cough Egypt cough rome?
JonatasAdoM Rome no Egypt also no.
As a greek, i need to say that i love TED-ED & approve this video
I would also like to add one thing ; The mothers in Sparta were very "hard" with their sons. They expected of them either to win or die in battle. Actually, there is a quote
"Either you come to me a victor with your shield or dead on your shield "
ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς
^^
Was this quote used in the movie 300? I’ve heard this quote before
I would say the same thing to my son.
I will name my future first baby boy 'Sparta' so whenever I'd introduce him I can scream "THIS IS SPARTA"
Sparta is technically a feminine name. Sparta was the name of their first queen.
+Rebecca Johnson who cares? as long as i can say "THIS... IS.... SPARTAA!!"
If I was named Sparta I would of changed it the second I could
+Aramis Zuniga you're not my son.
Then I'm naming my kid Narnia LOL.
I love the random "Sparta!" in the background
+ImERnest For real. Feminists need to be sent into spartan training camps for 13+ years.
lesROKnoobz amen to that.
Spah-taaaaa
😂
Basically Sparta was the equivalent of trying to make real life super soldiers
And they big time succeeded
Equivalent is an odd choice of words here I think. I suppose something is technically equal to itself, but it seems unnecessary to point that out.
Precisely why Spartan regime needs to be brought back for men
I love the background music randomly screaming "SPARTAAAAA!"
Please please please do another lesson on other greek city states
Yassss
on athene
ya
+thefuzzy furnace yes
+Alfred Acar Athens would be the prime candidates after Spartans. Although, I wonder why they dive more into the lives of the soldiers after they hit 20. Things such as expecting to get married by 30 for the men and 19 by woman, and how young men are always on the front lines in battles. Also,how soldiers can retire around the age of 60.
I would like to see a video about Alexander the Great
Would be interesting no doubt to me at the very least
+Metazeos that would be GREAT?
That would be really interesting.
+Phantom Zephyr Ⓥ They could do a history on trial video about him.
+Phantom Zephyr Ⓥ UPVOTE THIS! Would really like Alexander the Great video.
It makes no sense to say that all Spartans, men and women, were taught to read and write, but forbidden to leave records.
Ehh means the country kept the records of writing for a while? P....then decided to just burn it....or ehhh...."No writing about Sparta...." and letters would soon be discarded after read and write? lol
Brian Jonathan First rule of Sparta. Nobody writes about Sparta.
they wrote plenty actually. We have poems from Alkmenes and Tyrtaeus, and letters from various people. What he meant was that they weren't allowed to talk about their training or the military at all. For security reasons, same as modern-day soldiers aren't allowed to divulge their orders and shit to their families.
The warriors were forbidden to leave records is what he said.
It makes a lot of sense actually, like he states that a Spartan's sole purpose was the betterment of Sparta, any soldier that wrote about the horrors of war would make upcoming soldiers fearful, weakening Sparta.
Ronald Hubbard What's the purpose of learning to read and write if you're forbidden to write?
Both died so that Sparta could live , what an inspirational quote.
cartoons make the inhumanity fun!
:D Yeah
"inhumanity"
"Pointless quotes"
+Craig Noneman inhumane?which bit?
+photographymatt Are you in your comfort zone ? Are you the spectator in the arena criticizing and making comment about how easy it is to train and to fight or are you the gladiator ? Respect them before trashing, talk the walk and WALK the talk or do first and talk after. Freewill was removed from birth and only devotion to Sparta is their right to live, unless you're a North Korean, you might have a glimpse of what they have to endure all their life.
I love the random “SPARTA!!” Every once in awhile
i can only imagine that sparta's woman probably looks like a fit gym woman, damn
yup, only hot chicks. Damn how lucky to be a spartan
Lucky to be an "alive" spartan - this was enough luck for one life.
Mr Tambourine Man They must be shredded as fuck
Alfredo der Analtorpedo more shredded than I am for sure
when a man and women had intercourse for the first time on their marriage day, the women would shave all her hair off and wear it is as a beard.
I watched this in my history class, and it’s interesting that Spartan men had to go through that.
"Mommy, look at this hunky guy with a spear! I'm gonna be like him when I grow up!"
Well damn 2 years later I return
Thanks to everyone who saw this worthless comment
“Now go get your ritualistic beating young one.”
"If, you grow up, child, if."
After you are whipped in front of a goddess dear!
"You better"
"Of course you will, Susie."
Greatest response in ancient history:
After invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, Philip II of Macedon sent a message to Sparta: "If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again." The Spartan ephors replied with a single word: "If" (αἴκα).
Then of course you also have molon labe...
I'm learning about Sparta and Athens in school. It's very interesting. :)
Where are you from? :)
I had my mid terms on this video
"In Sparta it was believed that only strong and capable women could bare children that would become strong and capable warriors."
I mean, from a hereditary genetics standpoint, they were not wrong.
it is wrong. just because u are strong doesn't mean your offspring will be strong. Dwayne Johnson, the rock, his kid isn't going to come out of the womb ripped. He will have to go to the gym and lift weights just like everyone else to become strong.
@@nicholasvincent6014 It is not wrong. That's why his daughter is incredibly masculine
More about conformity than generics
"Hereditary genetic" more like eugenics
keep on ancient civilizations vídeos!!! this was awesome!
You forgot all the slaves that made Sparta possible.
Spartan boys use to murder at least one slave in order to stop a rebellion
+Richard Allan this is stupid and untrue
+Nikias Zotos φίλε μου ψάξε το.... Το έκαναν για να μην κάνουν ποτε εξέγερση οι είλωτες. Βικιπαίδεια άμα μπεις το λεει
+Murilo Bragança RESPECT for being so good at history
Shhhhhh you leave the helots alone
I was in Sparta few years ago. There was no museum. I could only find a statue of a Spartan warrior in the main square. And aptly, there was a military base near by.
Sparta is actually very small nowadays. That statue would have been a replica of the statue known as 'Leonidas' discovered in the 20th century. However, it is not known whether the statue truly depicts the legendary king.
My grade seven students are now experts on the Spartan people - thanks!
i love many parts about my personal heritage, but the knowledge that part of my family has always resided in Sparta is surly one of my favorites. My grandmther used to tell me stories that she heard from her grandmother, that she heard from her grandmother and so on. Their society though harsh and alien in this day and age, i think its so cool to have MAYBE been related to some of these warriors. a little fun fact for good Ol' Ted-Ed. Spartan women (for the most part, not all) would wear a tightened leather band over their left breast, or in some severe cases have it cut off. all so that if the safety of the state was in jeopardy they would be able to hold a Hoplon and make and maintain a phalanx if the need became so dire. One final side note....the reason why Sparta had no walls....was because in their minds....every citizen of Sparta was "a brick in the wall of Sparta".
In case anyone's interested, the two tombstones at 4:04 onwards read, respectively:
Leōnidas
Pethane stē machē
upg"
Elenē
Pethane stē genna
Uo
which translates (I think) as:
Leonidas
Died at battle
483 [BC]
Elene
Died at birth
470 [BC]
Incredible video and channel. Thanks so much for your history information and the subtitles too, it's very helpful for Spanish people to understand English. Sparta were a great soldiers.
I love the random shouts and pledges to sparta throughout the video
omg i would die instantly if im born on that time and country O_O
Welp
Me to, I was allergic to everything when I was a baby, I just quickly grew out of it. I whould have been left on a mountain to die if I live in ancient Sparta
+reginald56000 No you wouldn't. If you were born in that time, that life would seem normal to you. No one ever gets that.
Chris Ramsey Same here. i was Born with lung Problems and eventually got Asthma..but with years of medication im much healthier now..so Yeah.we could be at the mountains being eaten alive if ever we are born in those years XD
Fishbiene You dont get it..yeah it would be normal...if we are all born healthy..Babies then was examined if they are healthy or not...If not They are left in the mountains to Die. Im one of those unfortunate babies that are unhealthy...so thats it ill surely die .
Historians:Spartan children were sent to military schools where they would forced to fight,be starved for days,were barely given any clothes in the cold and were flogged in front of an altar where they would die 90% of the time
Ted-Ed:yea but at least they were literate
😂😂😂
I like the sound effects whenever someone says sparta
You have the best voice
Geez... I love ancient Greece - its history and culture - very much. I'd love to see more videos on ancient Greece like this.
+Donnie Pinns Sparta is Not Greece and never was. Sparta = Albania. Sparta/Shpata/Spata is an Albanian word only Albanians understand you can use google translate. greeks don't understand the word Sparta.that time the city Sparta was an city of Albania. also the city "Athena" A THENA or the name of the country "Greece" GRA ECI. those are also Albanian words only Albanians understand. The Albanians have been in Balkan long long before than the "Greeks" even existed. you can google all this.
+Valon B But albania is a 400 years old country...What are you talking about ?
No albania is not ancient....
+Dimitris Gavriliadis 400 years? what are you talking about. Albania is the oldest and Most Ancient country in Balkan without doubt. go read and learn history first. you can say whatever you like but fact is that the Albanians are the oldest people in balkan, way way older before the so called "Greeks" even existed. The Albanians gave the Greeks all those Names. ATHENA, SPARTA and so on..... you can use google translate for all this. all this are Albanian names greeks don't understand those names and the meaning of those words. pls. learn first history and if possible the Albanian language wich is a very unique and very old language,so if you want to understand those words and the meaning of it you need the Albanian language. i hope this helped you... Thanks.
Actually there is meaning in Ancient Greek,you should check.Your facts are not correct...
Well i gess you hate Greece right ?
Im pretty sure your language has a lot of Greek words...
Dont tell me that thεy learn such things in schools...
I almost forget it there is also a Greek alhpabet.
Another Albanian idiot propagandist! Albania became a state in 1871 stupid! Modern Albania were greek colonies. It's the exact opposite of your propaganda!
I in some messed up way wish they would have survived. Just to see if their brutal methods would have physically evolved them in any way.
hell i wish I was raised in a similar environment (less brutal but similar)
Never thought of that, it would be great to see
But they did survive. Sparta reigned supreme for 700 yrs. They fell when the way of living, set by Lygurgus, was forgotten.
And also when the supply of Spartans started to get short. There was no way to become a first class citizen, but lots of ways to stop being a full citizen - including getting stabbed to death in a war, but also not being able to pay your mess bill. So it's a strong but fragile system, and can't really expand. Eventually someone else was going to amass more power just by being able to expand their polity and it would all be over for Sparta as it's always one disaster away from a vicious spiral, so tactically strong, incredibly so, but strategically accepting flaws to get that tactical strength and with difficulty in changing their strategic balance. Unless they modernised from Lycurgus.
Corrupted Archangel
Well there are modern Spartans but they are just ordinary people
The "spartaa" chant in background sound just made me feel rage.
I really like the music at the end of the video :)
am i the only one who heard "THIS IS SPARTA!" in a low screaming volume?
+ChaoSpiritZ rotmg the best part of this video
+ChaoSpiritZ rotmg no, out of 32 thousand people, you were the only one. Good job.
i did
I only clicked on this because our class is Sparta for Greek and Roman day. When we got the announcement of the city-state we were assigned, everyone cheered at the top of our lungs even though it was the middle of period 4. The teacher next door sent a student to find out what was going on.
The whole purpose of Sparta was to have a strong military to defend the nation that had its only purpose as defending itself. As in, they defended theirselves so they could live on but with no other reason but to defend theirselves more.
Bro explained this to me better than my own history teachers 😂❤
I would like to point out that most of the comments are: “This is Sparta!”
In some weird way i can’t explain these cartoon drawings are really making these whole horrific times in life seem wholesome. 🙂
MmI on no
Why horrific?
THIS...
IS
A really great lesson
No mention of the helots and periokoi? The Spartan citizen class was an elite minority that ruled over a vast territory and populace (by Ancient Greek standards); it was only able to dedicate itself to warfare because it was fed and maintained by serf labour. One could say that the warrior class devoted more energy into keeping the serf class in check, than into warring with other states. Otherwise, great series.
They earned it through their personal austerity and higher degree of severity towards themselves.
Another thing that many people forget about Sparta is that they had many, many slaves.
The men and women described in this video were actually those of the upper class. The lower classes weren't raised this way and it was socially acceptable for rich Spartans to beat the poor and the slaves at any time that they felt like.
This is madness!!!!
THIS...
IS....
SPARTA!!!!
this great and I am from greece and this episode got the spartans spot on subscribing right now
i like hearing the man in the background shout SpARtA at the top of his lungs every 30 seconds.
THIS...IS......TED-ED!!
The music feels like something straight up from Age of Empires, I loved it.
I love this format for history lessons.
these videos are great just not long enough for me but great job making them
There's a small part of me that would have liked to be born a spartan in that time
Luis Miguel Andrade omg ikr
Kids who can't live two days without wi-fi saying they'd like to be Spartans, don't make me laugh.
is that small part of you your brain?
lettuce
@@landlockedcroat1554 here➡️🥬🥬🥬🥬
do one on Ancient Caliphate
+Tashfi Khan always beheading
+Lynard Ramos *sigh*
কোনো নাম নেই fuck islam
Daniel Peace your comment and name causes great irony
This was extremely accurate. Bravo . Also it was custom that no spartan could return from battle defeated . Other cities embraced this but Sparta had a saying ή ταν η επί τας (meaning that he shall return or a Victor or on his shield
Thanks for such informative knowledge
this is SPARTAAAAAAA!
Beat me to it
I'm happy to not be a Spartan boy
Noo he is coward
SUVAM GUPTA lmao
I disagree...
Me too
@@suvamgupta1642 I'm sure you represent the peak alpha male.
Gracias por tan excelente vídeo.
I like how the spartan shouted the word sparta.They were like "SPARTA!!!"
+RocketPawnch
00:25
00:38
01:03
01:12
01:38
02:06
03:16
03:41
03:55
03:56
Hahahaha dude got it down to a t
Hahaha
+Jake Roosenbloom
you can't click on the timestamps to check until after you've posted them
+Jam Goodman Lol good shit, that was quick.
Also SPARTA!
+Jam Goodman You nailed it bro.
+Jam Goodman Nice job! I would change 03:41 to 03:40 though, to give it some room. :)
Could you talk about the vikings or the life of norse people in scandinavia?
they were f***ing badass!!!
This is so helpful ! Thank you so much 😊😊!
Nice video!
Please make more on Ancient Athens, Alexander the Great, Aristotle etc
This video gives me goosebumps. Besides the fact that many boys died during their training.
Why?
Literally went to Google Translate and translated what the tombstones said.
"Leonidas died in battle. YPG" (YPG? What?)
"Helen died at childbirth. YO" (Uhhh...)
Yeah, unfortunately ancient Greek dialect is different to modern Greek dialect.
Ypg and uo are numbers probably the uear they died
Even i being greek really dont know what it means
Great Video I have always been interested in spartan culture and your facts on them are explained very concisely. Also great music choice for the video. If you wouldn't mind sharing the name of this music choice that would be great. Seriously it really makes this video stand out! to me at least.
I love how often this vid keeps saying SPARTA! We should start a timestamp chain of 'em.
Gets me too haha
+RocketPawnch Someone did that already,come back to this vid.
+Robert +Jake Roosenbloom Haha wow already!
BUT.....do they have WiFi back then?
Only for the transgenders.
boy638 How do they live like this!?
hammerbomb bact tyen we used to throw rocks at rocks and then kick rocks at rocks, spit rocks at rocks and you get the idea, the best movie was always the front row seat of the wars.
Internet killed physical training culture
Ya....
No
The soundtrack is awesome
Im loving this channel (Brazil)
PROUD TO BE GREEK!
Wow..
That was awesome
Nice explanation
And good animation..
It is a very violent, and harsh society But we gotta learn from them that it's important to be strong and capable of many things while staying resilient, And that makes a person well-rounded.
I really want to get that Spartan training and become like them. Anyone else?
me.
Giannis Balagiannis hey… hey… nobody demanded your intelligence. keep it to your self. ok!
Giannis Balagiannis i like history too but i havent really read about spartan training. I watched 300 :v
Mega Mind I kinda want it too but without the whipping
i would die the second i was born there
The random man yelling "SPARTA!" Is great! 👌🤣
These boys literally lived by the saying “he’s only sorry he got caught.”
A brilliant video!
*WE ARE THE BORG- I MEAN SPARTA. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.*
*WE WILL ADD YOUR BIOLOGİCAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN. YOUR CULTURE WILL ADAPT TO SERVICE US. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.*
r/unexpectedstellaris?
@@aneggselentfellow5607 bruh this comment is 4 years old
So, Spartans were literate but didn't believe in leaving behind records? Okay, that kind of confuses me a bit because isn't the point (or one of the points) of literacy to leave information behind that others can learn from?
even socrates didnt believe in written speech and leaving behind written literacy so that kind of ideology isnt that hard to believe even though i doubt the reasons the spartans had for doing it were the same
I love your channel!
What a great place. Has anyone vacationed there? Are there all-inclusive package tours to Ancient Sparta?
What is the logic of malnutrition at a critical age for physical growth, to produce the strongest warrior? Surely, this practice hindered the potential for their warriors to reach full physical peak?
it was more like short periods and not the whole time
Bruh you think they knew that in like 100 B.C?
This reminds me of 300 movie. The movie is about the battle of Thermopylae between King Leonidas vs Xexes of Persian Empire. This video pretty sums up the beginning of 300, about how Greek boys were trained at that time.
amazing music..
I heard that if a warrior in sparta died in battle, he would be carried on a shield.
As they say Come with your shield or on it.
"I heard you have walls...
But can you DANCE?!"
*thrusts hips*
Spartans were assigned an Erotes(an older man) when they join the agoge. The younger student was called Eromenos which means the beloved. They were encouraged to have a homoerotic relationship. This was done to create a bond within the army so that they'll fight well to defend what they love. Sparta was a martial society to the utmost.
I've never heard any mention of that in my history course, there's no way that's true.
Pederasty was commin in the earlier part of Spartan history. In fact, there are some suggestions that one could be fined if they refused to take up an older lover. According to Holland's account in the Persian Wars, most Greek city states practised similarly up until the Classical era.
I like this channel very much.
The rest of Greece:
"We have walls!"
Sparta:
"We have a hul-...oh wait no...bad timing...uhhh...we are the walls!!!"
They had 300 Hulks, every warrior was an equivalent of Hulk
@@AceSlaanesh I guess their Hulk would've been Hercules.....less greener but more famous
THIS...
IS...
a comment.
sharktamer So original 😂👍
SPARTA is my city
Unsatisfie D
sharktamer u
🏚️🏕️🏗️🗺️🏜️🌏🌍🌎🌐🏛️🏝️🏟️🏣🏢
Every time you read a CZcams comment saying "so basically," take a shot. You are observing someone trying to melt down a complex series of relationships to prove an inconsequential point. *slams shot*
Fun fact:
In Sanskrit "Sparta" or "Sparda" means Fearsome championship or Duel. It is cognate with English word "Sports".
Do you know something about crypteia? Oh, this is a good tradition of Sparta. This little teen spartans were allowed to kill every slave, which in Sparta called helots, if they see him on a road. What a lovely tradition.
+Chuj Chujek That's not completely true. Crypteia was something like an exam: the young spartan had to kill the strongest of the heliots he could find before the new day after a week left nude in the mountains.
Little problem for the young spartan: he could not use any kind of weapon
ettore d'angelo
"The magistrates from time to time sent out into the country at large the most discreet of the young warriors, equipped only with daggers and such supplies as were necessary. In the day time they scattered into obscure and out of the way places, where they hid themselves and lay quiet; *but in the night they came down into the highways and killed every Helot whom they caught.*"
-"Life of Lycurgus", Plutarch.
@@user-se8mi2io1v
Reason is, *they were still on war and didn't want slaves to rise up.*
I rather think that the exclusion of the Helots, and the Spartan coming of age test, being excluded is a bit of a disservice. Otherwise, this is a great video!