How Did Sparta Go to War? DOCUMENTARY
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This video comes as a culmination of previous Units of History episodes on individual elements of the Spartan Army like the Spartan Royal Guard and the Spartan Skiritai. In this history documentary we bring it all together to see how all these forces came together. We cover this in the mechanical process from making the initial decision to go to war to the mustering and deployment of troops in battle.
We begin by looking at the reasons why Sparta might go to war in the first place. This can best be understood according to two main time periods of Spartan history, the archaic and the classical period. The former saw Sparta engage in direct conquest against its neighbors while the latter saw Sparta expand through the formation of the Peloponnesian league. Each of these methods would have different triggers for conflict.
We then discuss the process by which a war was declared. This involved the internal politics in Sparta, discussions within the Peloponnesian league, seeking approval from the gods, and so on. But finally once a war had been declared it was time to summon the Spartan army. We again talk about what this looked like in early versus late Spartan history with examples from the Greco Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War. Its all a fascinating process that we hope to cover more of in the future. Stay tuned for more Units of History episodes and How to Raise an Army episodes!
Sources and Suggested Reading
"Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History" by Roel Konijnendijk
T. Figueira, ‘The Spartan hippeis’, in S. Hodkinson and A. Powell (eds.), Sparta & War (2006), 57-84
Credits:
Research: Roel Konijnendijk
Writing: Roel Konijnendijk
Narration: Guy Michaels
Artwork: Penta Limited
Editing: Penta Limited
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To present i have presumed the spartan army to be led by professional full time soldiers who are also the government and relatively untrained but physically strong slaves / hoplites. Looking forward to watching it.
was honestly hoping this was more about recruitment and training than what its turning out to be which is diplomacy and city-state governance of given league (primitive alliance diplomacy and international law/politics)
It's an ok topic but it's definitely not "How to raise an army" more like "How Sparta went to war".
Still waiting for the remaining parts about the evolution pf the Roman legions….
I like Spartans.
But I absolutely dislike the ad on the basis of everything being mislabeled horribly as someone who has studied alot of WWII history and vehicles.
Thank you for the code, however, Warpath is trash and they lied to you. That code is worth nowhere near $10 of in-game bonuses.
By Leonidas’s beard the art quality has improved so much on this chanel.
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I liked the circles and boxes. The information is worth it.
What kind of chanel you using?
@@tonynaq7498 coco chanel of course
The concept of these warring states all stopping their campaigns whenever the Olympics happened always amazes me.
In old times some wars were stopped for doing the harvest or in winter because it was too hard to wage war that time (EDIT: oh I've just realized it is in the video as well :P). Empires and kingdoms many times recruited the enemy warriors after they defeated them. For me it seems like that we have this totalwar concept only after WW1 and especially WW2.
It's like carnival in brazil
There is a story of some British and German soldiers calling a truce at Christmas during WWI to celebrate the holiday. I don’t know if this is true, but it’s a nice story.
@Tales of the Gun That’s sad.
@@dlee645 So for your heart to rejoice it is true :) like it really happened, it was an awsome moment in history
Fun fact: The Byzantine cities of Mystras and Lacedamonia, which were the spiritual descendants of Sparta, preserved the Spartan institution of a shared government since these cities were governed by two archons. The local archon choosed by the people and the royal archon choosed by the Byzantine goverment, and like the dual monarchs of ancient Sparta they shared the control and management of their respective cities until the final fall of the kingdom of Morea to the Turks.
Also Byzantin Emperor Contantine Palaiologos was from there
Wow thats really cool
*Eastern Roman
@@babulburel547 same as byzantine
@@babulburel547 The term "Eastern Roman" is also a modern designation for the Byzantines. They would have simply called themselves "Rhomaioi or Graikoi"
I’ve always loved the weird and unique history of Argos. I think it would be quite interesting to cover the history of that city-state and it’s foreign policies.
Amen to that. Argos was a major player in the region and big rival of Sparta. Also many mythological connections with the city of Argos and their kings.
Argos suffered from a kind of superiority complex as in its territory many legendary figures like Atreus Agamemnon Menelaus Perseus Klytaimnystra etc and cities like Mycenae Tyrinth etc plus the Trojan War kinda started in its territory that glorified Greece and therefor they refuse to acknowledge that life goes on and other states got stronger and more relevant to power than them.
A thing that many people don't know is that the Spartans didn't march with their armor and shield, but they had wagons to carry it. The officer who was responsible about this job, was as important as the officer on battle. On sacrifices he was positioned on the side of the king. I learned that recently on the university.
Hoplite commonly had slaves to carry their equipment
"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion"
- Alexander The Great
Doubt he said that
@@MrAcrobot Yeah, I think this would be Greek to him.
@@franklyanogre00000 Zeusdamnit, CZcams
Biden could learn from that quote for real
Great quote
"How did Sparta go to war?" Proceeds to see a variety of WW2 planes doing flying maneuvers
Sparta: WE are the ultimate warriors and none can defeat us!
Thebes: Sure buddy, lets talk about that.
Lol!
They were way past their prime when that happened though. Their population had declined greatly and their coffers were empty from the past wars
Thebes
We are now the Spartans. No one can defeat us
Philip
Uhhh.. excuse me.
@@GothPaoki Spartan army still outnumbered the Theban army at Luctra but the Theban army outsmarted the Spartan army.
@@Elandil5 yea if you include helots. However helots weren't Spartans and Spartans specifically are at a historic low regarding the real Spartan male population aka their best warriors. So the point of the initial comment doesn't really stand .
Total War Troy's soundtrack that you used is just as amazing as your presentation.
Excellent job guys!
I love Greek history! Please keep it up!
How to raise a Spartan army:
Step 1: Go into the Agora. Congratulations, you already have an army standing by
Scram weirdo
Blepyrus: But who will till the soil?
Praxagora: The slaves.
I would like to see a video over Scipio Africanus revolutionary tactics, that relied on politics and warfare, that he used to turn the war in Rome's favor. I am particularly impressed on how he raised a volunteer army and finances from the nobles when the old Roman senate denied him both. People talk about the Battle of Cannae don't mention how the Roman survivors of that battle went on to defeat Hannibal at the Battle of Zama. The power of redemption that motivated those Roman Legions to defeat Hannibal despite being heavily outnumbered
Nobody wants to see that
How to raise one? Simple.
Play, “I Will Survive”.
"At first, I was afraid,
I was petrified,
Just thinkin' I could never live
Without you by my side.
But then I spent so many nights
Thinkin' how you did me wrong,
And I grew strong.
And I learned how to carry on!"
Ahhh meet the spartans
Leonidas: "Oh this men? They are my personal guard"
Elder: "You are not allowed to do that"
Directed by Zack Snyder.
Heeding Leonidas' call, the Spartans went to war
Great video! It's telling that we're still fascinated with the Spartans thousands of years after their prime!⚔️🏹
Excellent job with this one. High quality, informative, engaging. TV-worthy stuff
I think it's great that you guys took on board the olive oil lamp over wax candles thing. A tiny detail yes, but it shows you take accuracy seriously. Well in.
Ancient bureaucracies would be an interesting deep dive. Particularly famous ones like the Chinese, Peruvian or Bronze Age Mesopotamian bureaucracies.
That'd be interesting. Looking forward to Invicta's illustrations - officials doing Hanzi or cuneiform :-)
This channel has trurly amazing quality videoproductions! It's a pure pleasure to watch it.
Fascinating as always. Your videos are a contribution to the advancement of the study of history.
An excellent video. Nice job Invicta. Maybe you can do a video on how to raise an army during the Napoleonic Era, or during the War of 1812, or the American Civil. Any era really. Because this subject has wide potential across any era.
I’m really loving all these spartan videos keep it up! Hopefully you can make more in the future!
I know that the Spartans were bred for war.
A tiny elite
You should watch other videos on this channel, I'm not so sure.
Great video! I rarely comment but I just had to say that I think this kind of stuff needs to be covered more often and I hope you keep it up.
This was so illuminating and well done
Im amazed at how far this channel has come.
This was well done! Do a video on the different kings of Sparta next! 👍
Kudos! - very well researched and presented.
I love your history videos, especially ones about ancient greece! Ever thought of making "Growing up Spartan/Ancient Greek"?
This channel is just amazing!
Spartan strength was lay in their army formate and logistics reform . Napoleon French army find extra edge from similar sources . But unlike classic period where Spartan strength had turned into myth and legend, Napoleon reform had adopted by other Europeans power in the enlighten period.
We really have come a long from the past
Interesting and worthwhile video.
Now this is the type of video I needed!
A brilliant video 📹 on Sparta
Sparta properly explained 👌
Sparta's advanced and disciplined standing army was far more important as a guarantor of rule over its semi-slave majority than as an instrument of warfare with external enemies. Regarding the latter, their success/failure record is very mixed (Sphacteria, Leuctra).
All that military power and pride....and they were terrified of their own slaves. That's why they rarely ever left home; greater than ANY external/invading threat was the threat of a Helot revolt.
Well yea, the slaves made up the largest portion of the population
Great job! Very interesting!
Excellent,
thanks.
Thank you soo much for taking us to Ancient history love from India 🇮🇳
I subbed because of your talent and the map explanation
Thanks, I'm still a beginner but I was planning on trying at mustering my own spartan army, great tutorial 👍.
Nobody cares .. go sit in a corner
Most battles against Spartans resulted in entire enemy formations collapsing seconds into the engagement and some were even shattered before that at sight of Spartans leveling their spears in unison, they were notorious about it but hearing it and seeing it in front of your soon to be dead self is another matter. Thebans won by outsmarting them and collapsing flank of their allies at Luctra but they never were Spartans, no one came close. Ok that was lie, Roman legions could compare by sheer discipline and effectiveness, plus there is a lot more of them to throw around with godlike logistics.
God I love your channel. As a graduate student in military history, it is one of my dreams to make videos for your channel! Keep up the good work!
I paused when I noticed there are Ares and Apollo art from Apotheon 😂 great content as always!
Great tutorial thanks
This is mostly correct. Mostly. No mention that there were two distinct periods re: Sparta and its allies. Initially, a treaty would be made between Sparta and a single state, which was to follow Sparta's lead in war. The system broke down when two kings were sent with the army of Sparta and its allies against Athens, in order to restore its ex-tyrant. One king balked at the idea and withdrew from the affair with his share of the Spartan army and many allies were disaffected by the idea of Sparta, the opponent of tyranny, working with a tyrant. The outcome was to reform the Spartan Alliance. Now, each state would send one or more delegates to Sparta (though no matter how many delegates came from a single state, that state still only had one vote). Sparta announced that from now on, if a majority of this Congress declined to support Sparta on a particular issue re: war, no state was obligated to send support. Sparta could still go through with its plans with the support of those states that did side with it, but usually this was not done as it was considered unwise. The proof of Spartan sincerity came when Sparta asked its allies to help it against Athens and restore its former tyrant, Hippias. A majority voted 'no' and while Sparta could have still taken Athens it abandoned the entire scheme. This cemented the alliance, which was not shaken until around 418 BC. As for Sparta's reluctance to go to war...one reason not mentioned was the awareness among the Spartans that they could not take the sort of losses it might incur if involved in numerous battles. Sparta's history, emerging from the Archaic Period and into the Classical, is one of population decline, which in the end would prove fatal.
They were afraid of helots
EXCELLENT video, wow!
Finally, a video showing that the Spartans were actually a peaceful city state that were prudish in going to war, and they were primarily defensive in battle. They conquered Laconia and peacefully lived in their bubble. Agriculture state
Talk to a Helot first.
Well. Their citizen population was always ridiculously low, so no wonder they were always cautious about going to war.
They didn’t go to war bc they were afraid that their slaves were gonna overrun the city … the slaves outnumbered the Spartans … that’s was the real reasons
The citizen count was low by choice, every society had slaves. The helots are of note because they were Greeks. Besides helots, which were vanquished foes, they did not wage warb and only consolidated their bigger zone region. Compared to all the other Greeks of the time, the Spartans were docile.
The Olympics were turned in order to have a period of peace in Greece, because it was constantly in a state of war. No country in antiquity, and still today, has fought itself more than Greece. The Spartans wanted to be left alone to farm their helots and their crops.
Everyone hears what they wana hear huh? No part of that video said the Spartans were peaceful.. they literally went to war to to save face &preserve honour at the drop of a hat ffs
Loved seeing those ancient maps, or travelogues, really.
Love the videos!
I liked the disclaimer and oil laps at 2:00.
Thank you!
Great video!
Great job
Thanks this is gonna help me
Nice video, we too often hear that Spartans were "tougher" in one way or another than the rest of their fellow Greeks, but the actual reasons for their military might are very interesting.
I’m currently playing Assassins Creed Odyssey, so this is just perfect timing. Thank you!
Pretty disappointed game and for not being Assassin's Creed an not being historically accurate as they claim to be ... And also they made pretty much everyone gay and black and annoying 🤔
@@dimitrisg45 The Greeks were notoriously gay lmao what are you talking about
@@ericrobicheaux736 Did they not invent it, ( father Ted Crilly..).
Try Discovery Mode, is great
@@ericrobicheaux736 the homosexual relationships were between a Young teen and a older rich/aristocratic man. They were like sugar daddies lol. It was more like a social behaviour than a sexual preference.
Great Video!!!!!
The music is so on point!! And likewise in the Nubian bowman video!!
Spartans: Should we have beef or chicken tonight?
Spartan priests: (sigh) I'll go get a sheep...
Honor above all!
Very good!
very nice video
Really good
GREAT MUSIC.
"My Wi... Apollo said that we do not go to war, return another season sir"
Nice!
First time here liked it.
Any chance we could get a video of all major migrations that took place in Europe. Due to war/natural or political events. Ex: like how the kingdoms north of the Caspian Sea migrated to the northern Balkans, or how Turco-Asians migrated to Anatolia. Love your videos 🙌🏻
You made a very good graphics.. can you tell me which software you used for video animation?
Awesome
Do the Peloponnesian War next!
Little fact that may interest - the terms laconic and laconic humour comes from the fact that the Spartan's were from Lacadaemon and prized tacit and reserved but pithy humour. They celebrated good comebacks to threats such as the famous, 'Our arrows will blot out the Sun' - 'Then we will fight our battle in the shade' or 'Spartan's surrender your weapons' - 'Persian's come get them!'. My personal favourite is when Phillip II of Macedon (Alexander the Great's father) threatened them saying in a message 'If I invade Lakonia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.' the reply was simply the first word of his message highlighted 'IF'.
Please make more videos about the Roman Empire
could you give some more info maybe about the 1st word in the - phouran phainein - I can't seem to find anything similar to the word Phouran that would make any sense ty very much!
Instructions unclear, raised a Gallic army
Suggestion: Discussing the roles of, or differences and similarities between knights and samurai.
hello I believe that a good theme for a video would be how a general commanded an army on the battlefield, I researched the subject but didn't find any answer.
I’m from the USA but I love Greece 🇬🇷 history. Badass thanks
Please do more videos on Macedonian culture/society!
Would love a "growing up" video on Macedon :)
Nice
No FEAR ... that's all !
Spartans :we don't ask how many is the enemies ...but where's is !
I'd love to see one of these for Athens as well eventually.
If only the Spartans provided Citizenship or even the status of Periokoi for their Peloponnesian Allies and Subjugated Territories, it would have been crucial for cementing their Hegemony over all of Greece just like the Romans did to their Allies
but Rome and Sparta were very different. Both in ideology and what was practical do do at the time. And geography matters as well. Flat Italy vs mountainous greece. Also, it took the romans 800 years to give citizenship to their allies and territories. :)
But they provided, but only for rich periokoi
"How to raise a Spartan Army"
Well, after they're born, they need breastfeeding and a social environment so they grow up learning the Spartan ways. Then you - what's that? The description?
"Learn how to raise a Spartan Army for war!"
Oh, well, that's different. Guess I'll watch the video!
😂
Pretty cool
those helot fields are looking mighty full this year...
Why raise a Spartan army when 300 “bodyguards” will do just fine.
@Joshua Bailey uhhh …
@Joshua Bailey When did the 300 Spartans try to flee? Also they didn't 'need' the 700 Thespians, by that point the battle was already lost, the Thespians chose to remain behind for reasons of integrity not strategy
300 bodyguards didn't do fine :p They lost. If they had been 3000 spartans instead, with all the rest of greece, it would maybe be different. But both the greeks and the spartans definitly needed more than 300 bodyguards. :)
Well, 300 bodyguards and a minimum of 300 fighting slaves.
Invicta you dirty ol’ bastard. You done it again
Can you make the structure form the lowest number of men to the largest (from team, platoon, battalion then brigade) in ancient armies.
This is such a great video
Imagine a nation that only fought within it's own spheres and borders and doesn't get involved overseas...
U mean like 95 percent of all nations. Let me pick a few for you in modern day. Ex yugoslav members. Russia in Chechnya. Azerjaiban vs Armenia. All non overseas war in their region
Why do I need to imagine it if it already exists like most nations in history
@@Le-eu4bf What about Russia in Syria, Libya, and the Sahel in general?
Learning about actual Spartan society that isn't just based on 300 is so cool
How is the song/soundtrack from 17:18 onward called?
The total war troy soundtrack fits well
Misthios Alexios on the right 11:47
The Spartans were not warriors for fighting other societies, they were warriors for putting down the impending slave rebellion they feared, when the Helots who's murder they'd made a sport would rise up and try to exterminate them in turn. It didn't happen that way, but it never does.
I like it
That's actually false, they developed a hard warrior culture after Thermopylae, but they already had the best army discipline
@@yansilversea6780 There is exactly one primary source I know of on how Sparta worked, the Lacedaemonion Politeia by Xenophon. I have read that book. Has a second one been discovered?
LOL no, they are warriors becuase of the laws of Lychurgus, go read a book or basic wiki about sparta dude, jeez
@@yanlibra8886 In modern scholarship, Lychurgus is a mythical figure the Spartans used to justify their system long after it developed, just like Heracles.
Good art