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- The Spartans chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most extreme civilisations the world has ever witnessed. A civilization that was founded on discipline, sacrifice and frugality where the onus was on the collective and the goal was to create the perfect state, and the perfect warrior. Classical historian Bettany Hughes reveals the secrets and complexities of everyday Spartan life: homosexuality was compulsory, money was outlawed, equality was enforced, weak boys were put to death and women enjoyed a level of social and sexual freedom that was unheard of in the ancient world. It was a nation of fearsome fighters where a glorious death was treasured. This can be aptly demonstrated by the kamikaze last stand at Thermopylae, where King Leonidas and his warriors fought with swords, hands and teeth to fend off the Persian invaders and show the rest of the world what it meant to be Spartan. Sparta was ruthlessly militaristic and founded on a belief that good order and justice protected against chaos and lawlessness. Policed by secret spies the society was supported by a nation of slaves so all Spartan men had to do was fight. Boys were indoctrinated with the Spartan code of death and glory, separated from their mothers at seven and left to fend for themselves. It led Aristotle to comment that Sparta "turned its children into animals." The training continued throughout adolescence, the most able boys being let loose as death squads preying on the slave population to keep them quiet. It cannot lay claim to the philosophers or artists of Athens but Sparta contributed as much to western civilisation as Athens did. Indeed it was Sparta, not Athens that was the first city to offer citizenship to its inhabitants. To many, the ideals formed 2500 years ago in Sparta can be seen as a fore-runner of modern-day totalitarianism. By setting out to create a perfect society protected by perfect warriors, Sparta made an enemy of change. A collapsing birth-rate, too few warriors, rebellious slaves, and outdated attitudes to weaponry and warfare combined to sow the seeds of Sparta's destruction. Eventually the once great warrior state was reduced to a stop for Roman tourists who came to view the bizarre sado-masochistic rituals. Documentary first broadcast in 2003.
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Everything is in codigo
Im not surprise about the bad translation
Newton didnt undertand gravity
Einstein didnt undertand relativity
Well he took out the tongue
Kino
Skilo einai
You know you are right, you know it. You knew when you write that and you know now that you are right. And I know it too.
Seems that You Tube is the only place I can get history documentarys anymore since the actual history channel only shows pawn stars 24/7
Right ?
I know the channel sucks now
That's because of recent defeats in history. The Zionist/Marxist winners of the world wars got plans that include changing much of our ancient history to better create a world more fitting to their marxist utopia.
eric p yep
I've often wondered what that has to do with history, and I've also given up on the history channel.
Needs more ads. I kept getting interrupted by documentary every couple of minutes.
I'm actually dying 😂😂😂
Adblocker :)
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Ads ($) are the incentive to upload videos like this. Even cable TV (that you pay for) has ads. This channel is completely free yet you except it to be ad free #Entitled
I love that saying by Tyrtaeus: "Don't be in love with life when you are a fighting man" - meaning that sometimes you have to put other things over your own life. Very warrior like.
it doesn't mean that. it means become ok with death, whether yours or those around you. Simple as that. That statement says nothing of putting other things over yourself...
Buzzkill 808 Raven by becoming ok with death
you are literally putting the interest and well being of your nation above your own life. For simple people your definition works. For more intelligent people, they see the implications of the simple interpretation.
"no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier". 2 Timothy 2:4
I don't love life, I fear dying, death is a reward.
@@jacksnyder7318 lol 🐔
I miss Greece so much!! Beautiful country with beautiful history. My greetings from Chicago
I haven't been to Greece since I fought at Thermopolis.
From Chicago as well I always wear a black cloth with Megas Alexandros and AxinEA£-Achilles and SPARTA on my back when I train and I train with two swords. My son's name if I'm blessed will be AxinEA£ Hellas I'm not Greek but I train like the spartan swordsmen the best I can like the boys of Ancient times who would wrestle in the sand and spar with wooden blades HA OOH
Some very nice Greek Taverns in Chicago
@@williams9195 in ancient Sparta probably you wouldn’t pass the child selection process 😢 just kidding 😂
To be known as great warriors at a time when everybody was constantly at war is crazy
Mainly because no one know much about them. They do not write anything and all the stuff we know about them came from their enemies, often defeated ones savaging their reputations by saying that their glorifying their foes. In win/loss records though, they are a mixed bag. After the Attic wars, losing became the norm.
@@Account.for.Comment also reason for losing becoming the norm was the fact by the time of the end of the attic wars, their numbers have diminished almost completely thanks to their "birth rates" being abyssmal thanks to their customs
Look at that landscape it's all mountains. It's not a coincidence anywhere with mountainous terrain the people are tough.
Very cryptic comment. Surely being a great warrior in a warlike world is very appropriate
@@Byronic19134 thanks
Someone needs one day to tell the story of the 1000 Thespians who died alongside the 300 Spartans on their last stand at Thermopylae.
@the Patriot - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespiae
This Is Sparta ‼️
@@geoffreyM2TW more like sent to die🤦🤣
And beaten by Thebes square... Never heard of them after :)
@@realcourte - The Persians took a care of that after the battle of Thermopylae
If bethany was my history teacher.. I swear I would have had straight A's in history and perfect attendance with extra credit. Not only she was a beauty, she made foretelling of history like it actually lived yesterday.
I'm not sure about straight "A's" but pretty sure I would have had perfect attendance. My German teacher was really a good looking woman and I never missed a class.
@Rod what standards lol
Spartans would not appreciate your understanding of heterosexual beauty.
really? i cannot stand the exageration. :S Everyone each own, i guess.
Too bad they Stifle free Speech.
Amazing documentary. I recently visited Athens. Now I am once again hooked to archaic and classic history.
How was Athens? I am planning a trip there probably this year. Any advice will be helpful
in that case you should learn about your mother. some say she was once the greatest mammoth rider of the west.
I'm jealous but I cant seem to get out of Rome.
did u visit philips grave?i havent but i will someday
"even if ya got it don't flaunt it." -the most humbling quote of all time.
Wow Bethany Hughes is so young here, she's one of my favorite modern historians on classical culture
She's quite attractive IMO.
@@eyeballengineering7007 she's an absolute treacle
Your right she should def present one of these history docs in a bikini
Never seen her without a skirt
@@Dan-mm1yl nobody would be paying attention what she says though.
To be perfect is to be disciplined, the more perfect you become, the closer to God you will march. A perfect death is the glory of God's grace for a true warrior.
Bettany Hughes - absolute quality. Everything she touches is brilliant.
Suck up
1:41 “this stone translates into those famous words - This Is Sparta!!”
My ancestors come from Lakedaemon (now Laconia, Greece), It is still a very dry and arid place when I lived there. Thanks you for this wonderful documentary of my homeland.
Are you a descendent of a Spartan ???
What town? My family is from Monemvasia
@@MikeRotch23 Are you a direct descendant of the main spartan Gerard Butler?
Mine too cuz maniati.
Do you have abs
I found this story to be very fascinating, and the host to be a very well read on this subject. She is without a doubt the most beautiful host I've ever listened to.
Dan Snow is def the best looking host
She presented it so well, detailed and lively. This is the best and most well decsribed documentary on Sparta I have ever watched in my entire life. She made it real and very easy to understand, and it's very interesting too.
She forgot to mention this is the mythos Spartans spread after Thermopylae to never have to go to war based on a fierce reputation. They created a mythos of a super soldier Spartan to discourage rival city states from starting wars. They were propagandists more than they were warriors.
Agreed, but I had to rewind several times because I was distracted by her beauty!
The soundtrack and cinematography and the cut scenes are just amazing
Hi Timeline - World History Documentaries I would like to say thank you for providing quality documentaries free of charge. Thank you from Australia.
Bettany's documentaries on the Greeks are perfect, she's so well spoken, so well researched, and even as a fellow woman, I can see what a smokeshow she is! She's who I picture when I think of Helen of Troy.
Guess I'm out of touch. Had to look up "smokeshow".
@@r_1901 lol funnily enough, I just recently heard my niece use the term, which made me feel out of touch when I had to ask her.... "smokeshow?" She's 14, I'm 24.
Yay, another sheep who thinks that beauty is where wisdom lies.
@@atlantic_love I just thought she was talented as well as easy on the eyes lol. Of course beauty is not where wisdom lies. I am sincerely sorry if I offended you. I guess I came across as shallow and superficial with my comment. It's never a bad thing to be reminded of that kind of thing, so thank you:) I should know, I'm hoping to write, and hopefully successfully pass the MCAT soon. There are definitely no grades for beauty, not that it would do me any good anyway lol.
Cheers
@@WranglerJess97 You didn't offend me, lol. I think one of the biggest problems we have in society is people favoring the opinions of those who are beautiful, athletic, rich or any myriad of attributes. The common voice is all too often drowned out, trampled upon.
Recovering from spine surgery for a few months and these documentaries have helped. Very interesting and feel like I'm learning somthing instead of laying here like a log all day. Thank you
As someone who has dealt with debilitating back injuries, you’re on the right track! Documentaries are definitely the way to go
Honestly, learning helps healing go by faster. Kills so much time just laying around.
Hoping you have a full and complete recovery.
@@wk1810 thanks, appreciate that. It's good too have CZcams and good people that share good documentaries like these.
Fascinating documentary! I've always been amazed by the Spartans after learning about it in school. Greetings from the Philippines!
did they teach you about their rampant pedophilia?
J M wait what?
@@oooofoooof4251 Yeah. One of many moments in 300 that makes me laugh in its complete misrepresentation of Spartan culture. Leonidas accosts the Athenians as 'philosophers and boy lovers'. I'm just like, "uh, you lads did plenty of that, too!".
@@herbsuperb6034 It sounds so weird that you judge the Immortal teachings Spartans left for us with your ignorant ethics or lack of
@@babisz8640 Such as?
I came for education but I fell in love with the narrator
You've gotta thing for Kaitlyn Jenner then??
Her voice is hot
WOW. BRAVO! That was such an epic retelling of the city of Sparta and it's men - i got goosebumps watching this and it has fueled me with motivation! 👏👏
Love this video. I already knew some of the Spartan history but this taught me more. Spartan's were brutal. Hollywood mostly show's the heroic part of their culture but doesn't really mention their dark part of history. Enslaving other people, killing their own etc. They were definitely some of the TOUGHEST people in their time (according to history) and we are still very intrigued with them till this day.
I personally hate spartans they shoud be glad i not live back then because i woud be the evil goddess that kill them all
@@smileyface9459
You’d have just been another slave, and nothing more
True this was man 100 percent total self control ,obedience, power, true survival of the fittest !!
Very well done documentary, thank you for posting this. Great production.
Every time a new ad starts playing:
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Lmao dude I'm telling you download an ad blocker. I just started using Microsoft Edge and they have a free extension that works like a charm. I just watched this whole documentary without a single ad.
@@davidsan9654 you should use a better browser such as firefox with its more advanced privacy settings
@@levisguy53 I actually do use firefox for school work and such, you do have a point
I downloaded and installed Opera. It has an ad blocker and never had an advert for a year now. Go Opera
Wonderful video. I had to watch this twice. It takes you right THERE.
Wow, this is the best history class I have had. To the lady presenter, an excellent communicator, and last but least , a big thank you for posting the video.
Yeah the presenter's hot too.
From your keen observation of Leonaidas' bust, I came to know that in the Hollywood movie "300", the moustache is a cinematic exaggeration. Thanks for your excessive study on Ancient Greece🇬🇷. Love from Manipur🇮🇳. 😍😍
While Plutarch’s Life of Agis and Cleomenes is more widely known, a little less known version, translated by John & William Langhorne in 1770, is describing the two kings separately. In section 9.3 it says: “Hence it was that the Ephors (as Aristotle tells us), when they entered upon their office, caused proclamation to be made, that the people should shave the upper lip, and be obedient to the laws, that they might not be under the necessity of having recourse to severity. As for the shaving of the upper lip, in my opinion, all the design of that injunction is, to teach the youth obedience in the smallest matters.”
While Plutarch’s Life of Agis and Cleomenes is more widely known, a little less known version, translated by John & William Langhorne in 1770, is describing the two kings separately. In section 9.3 it says: “Hence it was that the Ephors (as Aristotle tells us), when they entered upon their office, caused proclamation to be made, that the people should shave the upper lip, and be obedient to the laws, that they might not be under the necessity of having recourse to severity. As for the shaving of the upper lip, in my opinion, all the design of that injunction is, to teach the youth obedience in the smallest matters.”
16:00 You forgot the important part. The Greeks discovered that standing armies made Tyrant Kings. Everyone was expected to fight in wars. When war was over, everyone went home to the farm again. They only fought a war when attacked.
If they only fought a war when attacked then there would have been no wars at all between the city states because each would be waiting for the other to attack.
@@mikeelliott2736 they were fighting the Persians..... Who attacked first....
@@mikeelliott2736 you can’t be that ignorant
You mean "ANCIENTS Greeks"
@@gal5402 mad?
To my knowledge learned in my teenage years while studying to become a teacher and in studying the history of education I found that the amount of slaves was so overwhelming compared to the slavers class that the risk of rebellion was a permanent condition. The slavers were in danger of dying at the hands of the slaves at any moment if they were not prepared. Military training was indispensable in order to maintain order and submission over the slaves. It is known that a daily raid over the slaves camp was performed as a form of training and to kill the youngest and strongest slaves. This was the fundamental reason for the entire life requirement of investing into the arts of combat and physical condition. Terror was the method of domination over the slaves.
Indeed, the closest we have to ancient Sparta today is the police state that is run by an autocracy such as Putin's Russia, Red China, Myanmar, and the like where the common people are like the Greeks enslaved by the Spartans.
@@jean6872 what do you think about the fact that the nation that has more than 800 military bases world wide , and had not stopped waging war since its inception , until now is the USA. ??? Where even conscription not being yet an obligation to all young , most because of loosing each year economic status are forced by necessity to join the armed forces??
@@jean6872 I would like to add that in those nations you mention health care and education is for free among other benefits. In the USA if you don't have an economic secure income you don't get any of that. Plus China is not an autocracy.
@@georgefurman4371 No one can doubt the militaristic nature of the USA,
@@georgefurman4371 China is an autocracy. What Xi says is the law.
Wow amazing work as a Central American from El Salvador 🇸🇻 I appreciate this kind of videos teaches a lot about ancient history 👏👏👏👏
Could you imagine being an early human? Trying to figure it all out, wandering the earth and settling in a brave new world?
Fascinating.
Could you imagine being a Biden voter? Struggling to listen to him speak trying to figure it all out? Not being allowed to wander outside.
Fascinating.
@@Byronic19134 LOL true.
Ehhh people are still trying to figure it out
@@Byronic19134 lmao everything is political to you people. How tiresome to live that way.
@@Byronic19134 So you’re not allowed to wander away from your cave? Sorry to hear.
She is so easy on the eyes and her voice is enchanting. Such a beauty of a woman.
this woman is fire
I thought I was the only one thinking that!
@@Mrguy-ds9lr what's wrong with you then?
I would dig her like an archaeologist
Such a really informative and artful lecture on world history .thank you,
Great documentary, loved it
How incredibly beautiful. The landscape is beautiful too. 😉
We are so lucky to be able to watch this stunning series for free, and with such an attractive and talented Historian to tell the story of the legendary Spartans.
What Free? By the end of the show, you'd think the world is full of Nazis, Bigots and Fascists.... Sad!
Agreed. Never mind the stupid comment before mine.
➋➎➊ 【L】【A】【N】【D】【L】 L Oh yes, an idiot who thinks anything informational is liberal propaganda.
@Richard King Yeah, and if I find any 'nothing', I'll be sure not to believe in it. Idiot.
Attractive? You need your eyes tested.
i loved,learning documentary everyday i searched videos,books,documentation, thank God im learning something better
Listening to this as a janitor in a middle school for l.a.u.s.d while I'm working ...!! I feel ... I mean I know I'm learning much more than every kid in this school district !!!! Love history !! And its bound to repeat itself !
Yet you’re a janitor
this all looks amazing, you can almost feel like youre there more than 2 thouand years ago
It's weird to shed a tear at a story like this and think it's beautiful yet rather disturbing
Great doco. I really enjoyed the detail and presentation. Thanks. ☮️
I knew very little about Sparta. This doc was really engaging and I learned a lot! Thank you!
It is never too late to learn.
Any mention of Spartans or Romans and monty python pops straight into my head 101% of the time
@@D2DAJIZZELLE Hahaha!! YES!! I have “The Holy Grail” and “Life of Brian” memorized, word for word. THAT’S how many times I’ve seen these two films.
@@leopardscarf same 😂
Best of both worlds. Learning for the sake of knowledge and listening to a smart, lovely woman.
@Shane Stephen - lol. You can tell when a person has a horrible life, because they have to try to cover it up by saying things like this.
I bet she's got big ole' dark, dirty aeriolas too.... I'm in, I'll listen to history from her all day..
Yes because she knows the history so well she’s getting it totally wrong. This joke of a documentary wasn’t even scripted by her you fool!
@Shane Stephen spoken like a honorable citizen of America
Once you start the video, fastforward to the end then rewind it to the beginning for an ad free video
I never get ads and I don’t have to do anything
most ad blocks will work also
@@twiggy6591 om i
Stop giving away the secrets or they'll patch it.
or you could just get adblocker
I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you. It has to be said though, I had no idea at all about Sparta having such low to freezing temperatures despite that beautiful sunshine!!!
Excellent work in capturing the true spirit of an ancient civilization. the photography and landscapes are tremendous and tell the story through the attractive narrator. (narratrice).
This really is the best documentary on Ancient Sparta I´ve seen. Well done.
6:25 - Dude is checking out Bettany as she walks by!😁
Thank you for the valuable information
Love Bettany Hughes
I love Timeline documentaries. They are always informative and entertaining.
Shut up
@@astardustparade thank you!
@dr. Will J. Rosenblatt And yet here you are watching them yourself? And even caring enough to browse the comments and interact. Crazy
Amazing narration.....great window into Spartans Bettany...
Ancient Greece is a time I'd love to be born, fabulous history
Would you like to be a Helot slave??
Agreed if you were fit for it
@@DavidSoteloJJ I’ll be a slave
Her strength, intelligence, and confidence make her even more beautiful.
@Jarvis Richards LOL Well, I've been a single dad now over 20 years for my son who has a mental disability. Which means I've not been very high on the eligible bachelor's list. Nonetheless, anything I've done to care for my son has been worth it. But, a beautiful, strong, intelligent woman would certainly be a pleasure to know.
@@jefflea9239 women are overrated....trust me.... there where and are many in my life....with them ,also many problems....😄
@@actie-reactie Oh I agree with you to an extent. I've been married and divorced twice. Nonetheless, I still miss being tender with a woman.
Brilliant, love it, the music is incredible too.
Yea! A spartan documentary without clips from "The 300"!
I looked it up. It's surprising, but 300 had not been realesed yet. That's how old this documentary is
Interestingly enough, a lot of what she talks about is in the movie 300. Maybe they took notes from this documentary to make the movie.
It was because of the interest in this particular documentary that influenced the making of the movie 300
@@peterroberts7684 yes I absolutely believe that because when i was watching this i was like damn it’s just like the movie 300.
Maybe they was sleeping after fighting day with presian😁😁😁
What a fantastic documentary! Excellent
Loved it!
Thank ya for sharing this God Bless✌❤
Love this documentary🙏🏻🙌🏻and I love Bettany!
More more🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Well presented...I could watch her all day
I love this stuff thanks
Thanks very much for such a wonderful documentary presentation.
I love how Athens tried so many times to take Sparta (Athenians loved a war), but never could. Spartans eventually, fed-up, marched on Athens.. to the front door. Be cause they could. Then walked away; message sent lmao. Love it.
* because
@Always Watching did you know 'always watching' could also mean you dont interact?! yep
@@lunaticz0r 🤨🧐🥴
what is this revisionist nonsense
Timeline is awesome, I’m subscribing to their streaming service! Much better “history” programs than the history channel!
The history channel back in 2013 and 2014 on cable tv was some of the best and accurately told history. I still remember some of the information.
The theme intro to this program makes me want to melt my ears with a steam iron.
when it comes to war, there is this unspoken rule of "the winner writes the story"
And this is exactly the unique thing about the Spartans; They wrote very little themselves. Nearly everything we know is thru the opponent’s acount
“This is Sparta”
Such a great doc!
Amazing documentary 👌
I’d love to get that soundtrack. Vocals give me ghost in the shell vibes.
Agreed
they are in bulgarian actually i believe
Thracian music & vocals in documentary about man-loving Greeks...
Great doc, beaut cinematography!
Greece is so beatiful . Thanks for building this wonderful video🙏🙏🤠🤠
This is good education, history is essential to learn about
#BethanyHughes' best documentary I think. She has a real personal feel for the Spartans. I get the feeling she'd take the one way time travel offer in a second lol.
Excellent vid
Must respect to the discipline and principles that were important to such brave honorable people as the Spartans...
Your entire Spartan series was great!
Minus the misinformation, half truths and dogma......pretty camera shots though
There is always someone who wants to claim misinformation when talking about the Spartans but the information that they offer could just as easily be misinformation as well.
@@jamescameron4966 when she mentioned that *homosexuality was compulsory in Sparta* she blatantly lied.
We have two main historical references for Sparta, one a direct one from Xenophon who lived amongst the Spartans and Plutarch whom came a few centuries later. Both indicate that homosexuality was despised by the Spartans and and if an adult mentor abused a child that was given to him he would face severe legal penalties.
Bettany Hughes brings history to life.
Bettany Hughes falsifies history of a kind of people for fame and fortune.
Bettany Hughes is historically incorrect and most accounts where Spartans are concerned.
@@larsonclarke8257 True. While she is not a full blown pseudo-historian, she still clings on to failed 19th era propagandas such as the "non-Greek Minoans", an invention of British Foreign Office agent/spy Arthur Evans at a time Britain was trying to get Crete and turn it to Cyprus No2.
I'm in love with the narrator.
Very interesting video and very beautiful music
92 Persians disliked this video
and homophobic Greeks
Mostly homophobic conservatives, going by the comments section..it's full of "libtard" this and "agenda" that.
I am Persian. We are smarter than all of the IQs of people who watched and believe 300 combined. That includes you and the 8 dumbasses who liked your comment.
Rocketassistedgoat
lol...true
Sepehr Voshmgir
there you go.... you just proved Matt's point
Would have been nice if this presentation had given an in-depth look at ancient Sparta. Toynbee considered the Spartans so unique that they represented a civilization within a civilization.
agreed. this is a rather slanted view of Sparta as well as shallow. hot narrator though.
This is the first of 3 episodes of 'The Spartans' from 2002. The Narrator is Bettany Hughes.
@@jamesweir2943 Reserve your criticism until you have seen the other two lectures.
@@jean6872 get you some business, not my business JEAN.
I know enough of Sparta and each time regardless of depth and insight I confirm the profound sociopathic nature of all class divided eras and " cultures" . in particular the Spartans are anecdotal and prototype of the failed attempts of a dehumanized society to survive in a world made as their image. One of brutal animalistic clashes and devoid of love and solidarity . one of disrespect for human life and dignity. This are lessons of history to avoid and learn how a society should not be organized. Nothing more could be learned form them. If something good could be learned from that experience let me know and I'll gladly share it with any historian , archeologist and intellectual willing to use that contribution. History after all exist as a study to learn from the past more than learn the past as simple information.
Dear lady …thank you for sharing this excellent video about the history of the Greek …especially the Spartans heroes….well explained and full of knowledge and wonders …congratulations 🤗
Shes the last you should be thankful too
Great great great ! Thank you !
15:24 You doubt he had any concept of the pity of war? I completely disagree. I'd be shocked if he didn't. Rallying the men for war is not synonomous with having an utter disregard for the ultimate waste of human life that war provides. He and the men knew that they had to fight, regardless of whether it was " a pity " or not, so without any other options you'd better double down on your passion for war or else you'll have a race of men busy contemplating "the pity of war" rather than hardening their hearts and fighting until the last man.
as you get older you realize reality is only what society deems it to be back then it was expected of you to (what society calls)abuse your kids physically and mentally.
QUESTION: What did the Spartan warriors gain in death?
Other groups with warrior philosophies promised a kind of heaven to those who died in battle: Valhalla for Vikings, Janna for Muslim Jihadis.
But Greeks didn't have heaven for ordinary people, did it? Did Sparta diverge a bit from this hopelessness and offer immortality?
The absolute best looking history teacher/narrator i've ever seen. Not to mention I love her accent & the way she keeps you glued to your chair listening to every fact giving by her sultry voice :)
very interesting, thanks
HEEEEEEEYYOOO!!!!
Loved that opening scream so much they used it twice to introduce Spartans.
34:20 the zoom out is so good.
Amazing art and structures.
No doubt for a warrior society pretty good, but with such a strong 💪 independent and defiant spirit it kinda makes sense 👍
I realy enjoyed this bit of history
Great presentation.
I love Bettany Hughes documentaries.
Xenophon born athenian but hired by the Spartans to be their cavalry chief ! He loved Sparta and made its' warhorses (and never returned to athens) ! i have a crush on him even though he's been dead about 2500 years.
Did you call me a xenophobe?
Since you know about Sparta, I have a QUESTION: What did the Spartan warriors gain in death?
Other groups with warrior philosophies promised a kind of heaven to those who died in battle: Valhalla for Vikings, Janna for Muslim Jihadis.
But Greeks didn't have heaven for ordinary people, did it? Did Sparta diverge a bit from this hopelessness and offer immortality?
@@christianfrommuslim interesting question, i'll have to research it! i actually know more about Xenophon (because of horses) than I do about Sparta. I think Sparta worshipped the same Greek gods as Athens etc. My hunch (without actual knowledge on the topic) is they were probably fairly impartial about death.
@@JaneFrizzell It is just that it dawned on me while watching the series that other cultures offered an eternal personal, tangible benefit to their warriors; that perhaps I had missed something in the Spartan twist on religion - that perhaps it differed in some motivating way.
But it sounds as if the main personal gain is ceasing to exist - similar to Eastern Religions. Perhaps their lives were so difficult that non-existence sounded good?
In comparison, the Christian God combines the personal aspect of the ancient Greek gods, with an omnipresent aspect, like the Eastern concept.
He is personal like a father: he made us and wants relationship with us. He took responsibility for our errors like a father does a child's broken window, by coming to earth once to pay for those as Jesus.
But being beyond, he has the power to grant eternal life to those who accept his way.
Bettany Hughes: great work