What Life Was Really Like for the Average Spartan

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @WeirdHistory
    @WeirdHistory  5 лет назад +1274

    What historical group of warriors or soldiers do you think are the toughest?

    • @camrendavis6650
      @camrendavis6650 5 лет назад +151

      Do the Chinese "Jinyiwei" imperial guard *please.* They're my favorite warriors and I want to know more about them

    • @goodtitle686
      @goodtitle686 5 лет назад +101

      Skandinavian Berserkers. I think?

    • @ElvenGodFromHell
      @ElvenGodFromHell 5 лет назад +290

      Canadian Geese. Still around and undefeated, they can take down airplanes.

    • @alb0infern047
      @alb0infern047 5 лет назад +9

      Dardanian(Trojan)..

    • @rusteshackleferd8115
      @rusteshackleferd8115 5 лет назад +28

      If I was born in ancient Sparta I might be able to servive if I was somehow transported to ancient Sparta as I I'm now I'd die within a week. 😲😲😱☠️☠️☠️

  • @elijahterry5832
    @elijahterry5832 5 лет назад +4269

    Spartan: "Lets take a look at this baby"
    Baby: Faintest Defect
    Spartan: *i diagnose you with dead*

  • @northernbright7602
    @northernbright7602 5 лет назад +6764

    I’m sure Spartans would think us modernized people were utterly fat and useless! 🤣

    • @yavuz9038
      @yavuz9038 5 лет назад +273

      Well even just one of that "fat useless people" can kill all the village of spartan.

    • @nonoun9619
      @nonoun9619 5 лет назад +380

      Yavuz selim Abasıyanık not on the same playing field

    • @mattcunningham9235
      @mattcunningham9235 5 лет назад +237

      @Ali Ay yeah theyd be so disappointed that they would go back to their barracks and start having rough sex with each other like they did aggressively as well as pedophilia

    • @alexios3180
      @alexios3180 5 лет назад +21

      Yavuz selim Abasıyanık JAJAJA, good joke.

    • @williamfunes2740
      @williamfunes2740 5 лет назад +204

      @@alexios3180 I believe Yavus was referring to the power of modern technology. For example, with one AR-15 and plenty of ammo, you technically could wipe out a whole Spartan village.

  • @jefferysampsonite80
    @jefferysampsonite80 4 года назад +4292

    Imagine training your entire life just to die 5 minutes into your first battle.

    • @ahmedsudaisbatuaan
      @ahmedsudaisbatuaan 4 года назад +375

      Thats the warrior spirit you had embed firmly into

    • @dukesupreal
      @dukesupreal 4 года назад +378

      Most of them didn’t die in battle

    • @georgefilaretou7202
      @georgefilaretou7202 4 года назад +327

      They were too trained to die they took war easier that training

    • @Wulfryk
      @Wulfryk 4 года назад +11

      well i guess thats the benefit of dying.

    • @aporo1173
      @aporo1173 4 года назад +102

      It's called a beautiful death.

  • @galatian5
    @galatian5 4 года назад +1429

    Viking: I am so badass
    Spartan: You must be new here.

    • @diansmit1885
      @diansmit1885 4 года назад +23

      Nah vikings id say are actually even worse than spartans

    • @ThinkAbstract
      @ThinkAbstract 4 года назад +201

      Dian Smit no they aren’t, spartans were specifically trained for combat from the day they were born, hand selected. Vikings were just farmers that massacred english priests n a low level society

    • @diansmit1885
      @diansmit1885 4 года назад +14

      @Jimmy Crackcorn Yeah Id like to see you say that to one face plus they nearly conquered entire england and so.e of the most famous people from that time were vikings such as Ragnar

    • @carlisleblack5055
      @carlisleblack5055 4 года назад +18

      @@ThinkAbstract so you say that bunch of farmers conquered most of the England. Ain't that worse?

    • @asmrbully6980
      @asmrbully6980 4 года назад

      @Hk Dk woah, whats his name

  • @isabelleoh-criner6697
    @isabelleoh-criner6697 5 лет назад +6849

    Imagine a society of gym bros
    That’s what I’m picturing

    • @fredymendez3864
      @fredymendez3864 5 лет назад +126

      Lol haha omg I cant unsee it now lol

    • @adrianmagria9868
      @adrianmagria9868 5 лет назад +154

      Lol bro they we re not have big muscle like you see in the movies, they we re athletic bodyes because the lack of food

    • @samueltong8061
      @samueltong8061 5 лет назад +269

      Most gym bros have muscles that's it, no functionality whatsoever.

    • @K4R3N
      @K4R3N 5 лет назад +11

      Exactly, so boring

    • @BoopSnoot
      @BoopSnoot 5 лет назад +76

      @@adrianmagria9868 That was the kids. That means they likely weren't very tall, but once they were adults they would have been on the top rungs of their society, and thus would have access to the best food sources and proteins of their culture. I would expect a lot of them to be 5'8" but jacked.

  • @rogerhinman5427
    @rogerhinman5427 5 лет назад +1212

    "Would you be able to live the life of a Spartan?" Somehow I don't think you'd have any choice.

    • @bugeye8749
      @bugeye8749 5 лет назад +11

      Exactly haha

    • @mr.q337
      @mr.q337 5 лет назад +47

      @Alexandra Desirae Then get ready to get beat even more for crying XD

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 5 лет назад +27

      I bet there were deserters that fled to Athens... probably the ones that Spartan society considered "weak" and chose to torment.

    • @shanz4126
      @shanz4126 5 лет назад +2

      I Wonder if they considered heart in a fighter? I get knocked down but I get up again, you never gonna keep me down?

    • @producedbysin6508
      @producedbysin6508 5 лет назад +8

      I believe if Spartans knew the art of not only empowering the physical aspect of a man but the mental aspect not in terms of torment but in terms of appreciation, they could have endured more training due to their conscious wanting to do it for a possitive reason instead of being forced to do it, because they still loved their families so they clearly had emotions, that's the conscious you have to empower to become out of body like a plant for example and work for a purpose.

  • @MrKyle333
    @MrKyle333 5 лет назад +4389

    “Do you think you could live the life of a Spartan?”
    Looks down at stomach
    “No. No I could not”

    • @dudanunesbleff
      @dudanunesbleff 5 лет назад +86

      You wouldn't have a choice if you were born there, would you?

    • @kaayb3243
      @kaayb3243 5 лет назад +50

      Maria Nunes well no shit Sherlock

    • @danielleeverhart2842
      @danielleeverhart2842 5 лет назад +2

      Lol!😀

    • @cjames3029
      @cjames3029 4 года назад +5

      @@kaayb3243 Irish sarcasm 🙄

    • @Draculas-knight
      @Draculas-knight 4 года назад +20

      In Athens on the other hand you would be a ok

  • @huntress1013
    @huntress1013 4 года назад +2657

    So, strangely enough, Sparta was one of the few societies in the history of the Western world where you actually hit the jackpot if you were a girl and not a boy. You got a husband who looked like a superhero and you actually had several freedoms that no other women were allowed in centuries.

    • @romella_karmey
      @romella_karmey 4 года назад +163

      I'd like to be a female in Sparta and just give men a happy night.

    • @1Skorpia
      @1Skorpia 4 года назад +27

      I would fit in.

    • @landlockedcroat1554
      @landlockedcroat1554 4 года назад +4

      why strange

    • @sly-fi6502
      @sly-fi6502 4 года назад +171

      ​@@antonisnikolaros8185 I love how everyone is saying Spartans were a hellenic and savage society when they were one of the few that treated their women better than any other society did for centuries. Let's all just ignore that fact because the men were treated like the cattle for once, welcome to how life was for women in every other civilization.

    • @nikolatesla1296
      @nikolatesla1296 4 года назад +16

      I'm pretty sure this was NOT the western world. Lol. What?

  • @TheCaptain008
    @TheCaptain008 5 лет назад +1546

    Lmao. I would have been an abandoned baby so quick.

    • @bugeye8749
      @bugeye8749 5 лет назад +17

      TheCaptain008 lmao I thought so too but my mum said I rarely cried

    • @joeyfisher3838
      @joeyfisher3838 5 лет назад +19

      I would have been discarded I was a premie

    • @Redfoot138
      @Redfoot138 5 лет назад +59

      As an infant, I had pyloric stenosis which means that I couldn't eat without projectile vomiting. It's safe to say that I might have lasted 45 days, tops, in Sparta.

    • @TheCaptain008
      @TheCaptain008 5 лет назад +26

      @@Redfoot138 Neat. I had an extra digit on both my feet (a sixth toe). Removed at yesr one; it required constant surgery on both feet for 16 years to make sure they grew normal and functional. '28 years old now, I've ran, skated, rock climbed, and currently work in a warehouse. Sometimes however I think back and would wish they did me away in Spartan style. 16 years is more than half my life in crutches and a cast. Lots of stress could've been alleviated before I was even capable of acknowledged pain, humility, happiness, sadness. All the best and more so worse things could have never been felt. I still struggle wondering if I should have existed at all.

    • @Redfoot138
      @Redfoot138 5 лет назад +24

      @@TheCaptain008 Thanks for sharing. I never had your type of persistent struggle or any type of chronic illness. Pyloric stenosis is easily treatable once identified so that's not such a big deal in modern times. Apparently, I also had pneumonia three times by the time I was six. So I definitely wouldn't have made the cut in Sparta. As far as your last sentence, I was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was 16 so there have definitely been times in my life where I've had that same exact thought. My only real response is that we both exist now, so let's keep plugging!

  • @1232-e7b
    @1232-e7b 4 года назад +3169

    “If they were caught for a crime they were severely punished, not for stealing. But for not being smart enough to get away with it.”
    Good way for psychopaths to thrive

    • @michelefernandez2240
      @michelefernandez2240 4 года назад +187

      that's the insane mentality of war...

    • @robertcarroll2819
      @robertcarroll2819 4 года назад +294

      They were the only thriving nation that did not require walls, insane right?
      The entire Greek world feared them, Athens sent a letter to them.
      "If you dont fall under our democracy we will make your woman and children slaves."
      It was to be a threat, to scare the Spartans.
      The Spartans sent one word back.
      "If."
      Which terrified the Athenians as accounting parties went missing shortly after, Sparta began to move across their own border to kill accounting parties, which mostly consisted of their finest warriors.
      Spartan hoplites.
      They usually used spears and heavy shields, bronze armor in combat and would only use swords as a last resort or if they threw their spears.

    • @cuteflygon
      @cuteflygon 4 года назад +9

      Robert Carroll it wasn’t Athens, it was another Greek city

    • @MrJJacks7
      @MrJJacks7 4 года назад +24

      @@cuteflygon It was King Phillip, Alexander the Greats father

    • @johneden2033
      @johneden2033 4 года назад +80

      @@robertcarroll2819 Yeah that's cool and all, but Athens and Sparta frequently waged war on one another, and Sparta never had a significant advantage over Athens. So one really has to question the value of Sparta's brutal, sadistic social structure.

  • @andymason2457
    @andymason2457 5 лет назад +1171

    Baby : shows signs of weakness...
    Father : Press X to throw...

  • @rafaelalodio5116
    @rafaelalodio5116 4 года назад +3554

    Fun fact is that they didn't called their sons by their names, they called them just BOI

    • @teek745
      @teek745 4 года назад +225

      God of war 👀

    • @Jelly_Juice2006
      @Jelly_Juice2006 4 года назад +88

      BOIIIII

    • @InfidelProductionz
      @InfidelProductionz 4 года назад +117

      Bank of Ireland?

    • @kevinboueri1051
      @kevinboueri1051 4 года назад +30

      Fckkk yeahh, call them little shits atreus too

    • @casedistorted
      @casedistorted 4 года назад +36

      What my dad called me through growing up. It was because of the Simpsons tho during their hayday, he was Homer

  • @b1rdmanjr1000
    @b1rdmanjr1000 5 лет назад +1899

    Little baby: *coughs slightly*
    Spartan: YoU wANt dEaD BoY?

    • @Trisin-m3i
      @Trisin-m3i 5 лет назад +43

      Boi

    • @BoopSnoot
      @BoopSnoot 5 лет назад +41

      This is exaggerated. Babies were put to death for major defects, not minor ones. Having a child was dangerous and expensive, so you didn't throw it away unless it would become a burden to the state. If you had down syndrome, spina bifida, or were black or something, then they'd throw you away. Otherwise it was all good.

    • @b1rdmanjr1000
      @b1rdmanjr1000 5 лет назад +59

      DumbDuck44 It’s a joke dumb fuck, welcome to earth.

    • @cjames3029
      @cjames3029 4 года назад +2

      Hahahahahahaha

    • @cjames3029
      @cjames3029 4 года назад +5

      @@BoopSnoot people were still ignorant and Savage as fuck back then. My great grandma was born in a dirt floor for God sake as a Danish immigrant first born and lived next to the neZ perce

  • @racatiwood
    @racatiwood 5 лет назад +3051

    sounds like your best bet was to be born a boy in Athens or a girl in Sparta

    • @SofiaBerruxSubs
      @SofiaBerruxSubs 5 лет назад +85

      pretty much

    • @ninjaked1265
      @ninjaked1265 4 года назад +328

      But as a girl you’d be forced to abandon your “defected” baby and that might cause a lot of psychological problems in the long run

    • @cjames3029
      @cjames3029 4 года назад +276

      No in Athens if you were boy your gonna be molested or raped. They were known boy lovers

    • @James_008
      @James_008 4 года назад +102

      There were more than two Greek city states. As each city state acted as an independent country. A person's life in ancient Macedon, Epirus, Thessaly, Crete, Ephesus, Syracuse ect. Would have been very different than that of someone in Sparta and Athens.

    • @josgretf2800
      @josgretf2800 4 года назад +150

      @@cjames3029 Spartans also raped their youths. Leonidas was raped by his commander and he probably did the same to the boys he trained.

  • @Shellsterxx
    @Shellsterxx 5 лет назад +957

    I mean, gotta say they definitely earned their badassery.

    • @sniper-kt1ko
      @sniper-kt1ko 5 лет назад +51

      Erin Mason your a woman shut up you degenerate

    • @phil352
      @phil352 5 лет назад +45

      FBI lol wtf?

    • @sniper-kt1ko
      @sniper-kt1ko 5 лет назад +27

      Phil Swift degenerates like her belong on a cross

    • @stephenfarrelly1602
      @stephenfarrelly1602 5 лет назад +6

      100% badass

    • @Shellsterxx
      @Shellsterxx 5 лет назад +37

      FBI and you’re an idiot who also uses “your” wrong

  • @nugget2366
    @nugget2366 4 года назад +198

    spartans when their children didn't seem to be able to fight a full grown lion a few hours after birth: yeetus deletus this braindead fetus

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 года назад +5

      I'm writing that down

    • @colemcgrath1718com
      @colemcgrath1718com 3 года назад +1

      I wish I could save comments lmao🤣🤣

    • @notnero5280
      @notnero5280 3 года назад +1

      It’s not a fetus anymore if it’s been born you sausage

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 года назад +1

      @@notnero5280 here we have a pathetic child who just learnt his bio yesterday

    • @nugget2366
      @nugget2366 3 года назад +1

      @@notnero5280 such insult

  • @devoncripsy711
    @devoncripsy711 5 лет назад +1487

    So basically the Spartans were real life Saiyans.

  • @TJWins225
    @TJWins225 5 лет назад +1917

    Can you do a day in the life of the average mongols

    • @TakiMomoify
      @TakiMomoify 5 лет назад +13

      Yeah, that would be so cool!!

    • @bugeye8749
      @bugeye8749 5 лет назад +2

      I second this. Hate all u violent men but I want to learn

    • @Kilooma
      @Kilooma 5 лет назад +40

      Bug Eye chill wamen

    • @ghazalsuna9861
      @ghazalsuna9861 5 лет назад +3

      @@BlackLotusVisualArchive you deny the violence isn't part of there nature at all??!!

    • @sanarroyos5501
      @sanarroyos5501 5 лет назад +14

      @@ghazalsuna9861 Yess for sure.. Mongolian are Humble people as another Asian as well.. in past time All Culture are warlike, no matter which country

  • @Nene_760
    @Nene_760 5 лет назад +1253

    Bathed in wine? Sounds pretty fancy

    • @alarcon99
      @alarcon99 5 лет назад +179

      all fun and games until it gets into your pee hole.

    • @yer6116
      @yer6116 5 лет назад +14

      @@alarcon99 wtf😭😭

    • @mr.q337
      @mr.q337 5 лет назад +58

      Ancient wine don't have nearly as high alcohol percent as modern wine, but still lol

    • @treborironwolfe
      @treborironwolfe 5 лет назад +16

      Pot roast is also delicious when soaked in wine before cooking.

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 5 лет назад +31

      *denounces getting drunk*
      *bathes their babies in wine*
      ....>_>

  • @mojojim6458
    @mojojim6458 4 года назад +785

    "Heavy drinking was for slaves only." And it still is.

    • @InfidelProductionz
      @InfidelProductionz 4 года назад +6

      You can consume alcohol and not be a slave.
      A slave is someone who is bound to another person. Who owns them like property.

    • @LeafyPeach
      @LeafyPeach 4 года назад +91

      Lol the slaves of drinking are appearing

    • @LeafyPeach
      @LeafyPeach 4 года назад +20

      @bruceownsu so you're a heavy drinker?Stop it, think of the people around you,my father is a drunkard and it fucking sucks to be around drunkards.

    • @LeafyPeach
      @LeafyPeach 4 года назад +62

      @@InfidelProductionzhe said "heavy drinking", when you are addicted to alcohol and drink so much that you get drunk you're a slave to the addiction.

    • @ocbee6175
      @ocbee6175 4 года назад +3

      Mojo Jim look at mr. cool and edgy over here calling people slaves to the system ooooh we’re so proud of you

  • @Caine61
    @Caine61 4 года назад +580

    Baby: *Sneezes once*
    Spartan: YEET

    • @misshebabe16x
      @misshebabe16x 4 года назад +7

      Fish your comment is under appreciated 😂

    • @NoseCandyKermit
      @NoseCandyKermit 4 года назад +3

      @@misshebabe16x it's because hes a fish!! FISH LIVES MATTER!!

    • @the_rover1
      @the_rover1 3 года назад

      I officially declare that a golden comment! 😂

    • @justinwatson6932
      @justinwatson6932 3 года назад

      This gave me a chuckle

    • @banmanashah
      @banmanashah 3 года назад

      😂🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @tombombadilofficial
    @tombombadilofficial 4 года назад +1197

    False! Spartan boys when they reached 7 were forced to play Raid: Shadow Legends.

  • @thesweetgraspofdeath5815
    @thesweetgraspofdeath5815 5 лет назад +598

    A childhood that consisted of emotional neglect, body shaming, and demeaning attitudes towards fearful reactions? Damn, I didn't realize I had so much in common with the Spartans.

    • @bardforhiree8454
      @bardforhiree8454 5 лет назад +132

      but have you turned that into a strength or allowed it to make you weak?

    • @bardforhiree8454
      @bardforhiree8454 4 года назад +5

      @@adammoore7059 it did but i just showered

    • @bardforhiree8454
      @bardforhiree8454 4 года назад +4

      @passive menis thank you Dr. MassivePenis

    • @dineshsivakumar6294
      @dineshsivakumar6294 4 года назад +7

      @passive menis it apparently worked for an entire race Soo....

    • @DefecTec
      @DefecTec 4 года назад +10

      The Sweet Grasp Of Death body shaming is good, it encouraged me to get in shape, I feel great now

  • @M1istaken
    @M1istaken 4 года назад +273

    Me who’s sitting in my bed eating Cheetos at 1 in the morning while my Greek ancestors who have killed hundreds of enemy soldiers: pathetic

    • @the_rover1
      @the_rover1 3 года назад +7

      yeet that fatty cheeto a$$ off the mountains!

    • @trevordux9373
      @trevordux9373 3 года назад +2

      I’m dead fucking ass

  • @Corristo89
    @Corristo89 5 лет назад +178

    Concerning the Helots: The Spartans were so terrified of a slave revolt that they almost never sent all their troops into battle. Some were always kept in Sparta to crush any sign of revolt, since the Helots outnumbered the Spartans several times.

    • @Sanderson890
      @Sanderson890 4 года назад +4

      that's interesting, I knew that they have always left some soldiers at sparta, but I never knew this was the reason, thanks for explaining. :)

    • @MandalorV7
      @MandalorV7 4 года назад +9

      Basically the Spartans were fascist long before that term was invented.

    • @haydong5182
      @haydong5182 4 года назад +5

      @@MandalorV7 Do you know what fascism means boy? Not trying to defend their political system, but pretty sure fascist governments don't have elected officials, or freely distribute land, or have any socially progressive policies for that matter.

    • @Caine61
      @Caine61 4 года назад +3

      @@MandalorV7 Right, because quelling a rebellion of a bunch of dangerous, uneducated drunks is considered fascism.

    • @manchesterunitedno7
      @manchesterunitedno7 4 года назад +19

      @@Caine61 They were slaves, treated like animals by Spartans. It's their nature to rebel.

  • @barnyfraggles
    @barnyfraggles 3 года назад +297

    Something I've always wondered: how did Sparta become so brutally obsessed with creating the best warriors that distinguished them from other city states? Was there a defining event that made them like this?

    • @luiznunes3612
      @luiznunes3612 3 года назад +66

      Tô survive in that time you had not to be strong, but the strongest. They knew it, and that is why they didn’t get invaded by any enemy.

    • @rfcniven3564
      @rfcniven3564 3 года назад +53

      they were already pretty good warriors but when they expanded they wanted to keep hold of the lands they took so instead of fighting over who should have this and that they united every man like a brother who he would fight to the death for and they decided to become one fighting unit one fighting country one fighting brotherhood all connected so nobody could ever take from them

    • @lazydesmond8240
      @lazydesmond8240 3 года назад +36

      Actually, yes. The Spartans were descendants from invaders from Crete. They saw themselves as occupiers of a foreign land rather than its inhabitants. Read Herodotus's account in his book.

    • @zackeryferguson7852
      @zackeryferguson7852 3 года назад +7

      They were real men

    • @kash7768
      @kash7768 3 года назад +6

      The exact reason that made Sparta a military state was the Helot uprise. Which was there slave class. The helots outnumbered the Spartans around 3 to 1 so every Spartan needed to be a possible combatant

  • @dababybaby1647
    @dababybaby1647 5 лет назад +1040

    Me: to lazy to get remote
    Me: downloads remote on phone
    Spartan ancestor- Shame

  • @alisterfolson
    @alisterfolson 4 года назад +40

    "To make an omelet, you've gotta break some eggs."
    *TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST, THERE'S ALWAYS A CATCH*

  • @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL
    @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 4 года назад +592

    Spartans: work work work
    Germans: *Write that down,write that down*

    • @damianwarner2962
      @damianwarner2962 4 года назад +2

      lmao XD

    • @852internationalconnect
      @852internationalconnect 4 года назад +1

      Accurate

    • @todoldtrafford
      @todoldtrafford 4 года назад +5

      Greece today: doesn’t work, doesn’t work, doesn’t work

    • @mrh4900
      @mrh4900 4 года назад +14

      @@todoldtrafford, Greeks actually work the most hours on average in the entire world.

    • @todoldtrafford
      @todoldtrafford 4 года назад +5

      @@mrh4900 if sleeping during the day is work then you’re absolutely right 🤣

  • @JWALL_
    @JWALL_ 5 лет назад +421

    Dude I eat like 6 times a day and I’m still skinny I can’t imagine how frail I would be if raised as a spartan

    • @johndowe7003
      @johndowe7003 5 лет назад +91

      youd probably be slim but muscular

    • @ΓιάννηςΧαρικαπολυς
      @ΓιάννηςΧαρικαπολυς 5 лет назад +65

      Fresh milk and tsoureki bread in the morning pork steak (huge) and fries with salt and oregano along with choriatiki (Greek salad with feta cheese on top ) in the midday) Greek yoghurt with honey and walnuts (BIG portion) in the afternoon and fruit salad with apples pears tangerine sprinkled with sun seed and orange juice for dinner. You will get at least 3 kilos in a week with moderate work out too.

    • @graceworthington4950
      @graceworthington4950 4 года назад +8

      Lol, must be nice

    • @cratoss.4772
      @cratoss.4772 4 года назад +25

      Wtf do you eat?Saw dust?

    • @daviscrerar15
      @daviscrerar15 4 года назад +30

      Track your calories, you could be eating frequently but not caloric dense foods. Find what your tdee is and track your cals for a week. Go 500 cals over your tdee. You'll gain weight.

  • @ravindrasinghr69
    @ravindrasinghr69 4 года назад +189

    They probably threw many prodigy children because of their physic and illness..... who knows those children could led them to invent some extraordinary things which can be helpful for those warriors...

    • @willhyde5026
      @willhyde5026 4 года назад +43

      Sparta was not the place for them culturally. Yes, it was wasted potential, but in diversifying their culture the Spartans would have created factions in time and a divided state was a state ready to fall. Sparta's strength was in their military unity and obedience

    • @raiderzladz4358
      @raiderzladz4358 3 года назад +3

      They only wanted strong men

  • @trentarnold7226
    @trentarnold7226 5 лет назад +305

    Could you do the real life "assassins"? Either that, or the Madjay of ancient Egypt?

    • @goodtitle686
      @goodtitle686 5 лет назад +9

      You mean Hashashins and Sicarios?

    • @trentarnold7226
      @trentarnold7226 5 лет назад +5

      @@goodtitle686 yea, I think the sicarii would be more interesting

    • @goodtitle686
      @goodtitle686 5 лет назад +3

      @@trentarnold7226 That would be very cool video!

    • @DevinaHart
      @DevinaHart 5 лет назад +9

      Trent Arnold
      I would love to see that!!! The Assassin's Creed franchise is my type of game! 😂

    • @boygenius538_8
      @boygenius538_8 5 лет назад

      Asaasiyun

  • @ballislife9834
    @ballislife9834 5 лет назад +210

    surely one of those babies that got abandoned could have been the greatest spartan ever.

    • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
      @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y 5 лет назад +79

      One of those underdog stories everyone likes.

    • @Hothiboi
      @Hothiboi 5 лет назад +17

      Sounds like a movie for Michael Bay

    • @bigbeartanner
      @bigbeartanner 4 года назад +22

      Just the thought of getting rid of a baby because it’s small is ridiculous it could grow into the strongest

    • @laura4806
      @laura4806 4 года назад +2

      they must have never heard of isekai revenge heroes

    • @derekdalton7006
      @derekdalton7006 4 года назад +6

      Leonidis survived the wilderness, and raised himself to be the greatest Spartan warrior! Now you know the rest of the story!

  • @zerogaming566
    @zerogaming566 5 лет назад +103

    And this is why they are still remembered as one of the worlds toughest warriors ever created

    • @InfiniteMind9
      @InfiniteMind9 5 лет назад

      They have Retold History to hide real shit. What they wont tell u is They were based off a Gay principal they would Have sex with eachother nights of the battle. Look this shit up dont just believe me.. Roman/(The greek word Romance) the greeks believe there was no greater love than that between 2 men. Yall gotta do ur own research no just believe this bs they just tell u. Just like with black ppl... History starts as them slaves.. But they never tell u the life before slavery black ppl ruled Egypt it was a world know Empire. They have started history in reverse to their likeing. 💯

    • @TheBb6prelude
      @TheBb6prelude 5 лет назад +1

      Evil Timez CD that’s pretty gay

    • @toasterowens8916
      @toasterowens8916 5 лет назад +7

      @@InfiniteMind9 dude the fuck are you on about

    • @aaa-yr2ok
      @aaa-yr2ok 5 лет назад +1

      who are the toughest?

    • @agier242
      @agier242 5 лет назад +10

      @@InfiniteMind9 im studying ancient greek and i can say this is true to an extent, they saw women as a reproductory object and saw men as just pleasure there was no seperation between gay men and straight men they all were the same

  • @datosuta1695
    @datosuta1695 4 года назад +33

    baby: coughs slightly
    Spartan: so you have chosen death

  • @JeffersonSteelflexx
    @JeffersonSteelflexx 5 лет назад +507

    What was life like in legendary boy band Big Time Rush

  • @patrickdormeus8453
    @patrickdormeus8453 5 лет назад +256

    Imagine if they lived long enough to meet up with the Vikings 😨😰
    Europe:🔥🔥🔥

    • @ΈναςΤύπος
      @ΈναςΤύπος 4 года назад +21

      They would probably meet and attack Athens.

    • @python9657
      @python9657 4 года назад +38

      vikings would get rekt

    • @andykush76
      @andykush76 4 года назад +9

      Both were brothers Soo they would become Allies and conquer the world.....nice try

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 4 года назад +19

      @@andykush76 Not even close. Just because they live warrior lives, doesn't mean they love every warrior out there. Only towards there own people.

    • @andykush76
      @andykush76 4 года назад +1

      @@Gadget-Walkmen how do you know that ?where you there? Nice try

  • @nilshendrikeckert8761
    @nilshendrikeckert8761 5 лет назад +86

    You could do one about ancient sumerians, that would be nice

  • @philingrouille7198
    @philingrouille7198 4 года назад +22

    It's interesting that only soldiers who died in battle and women who died in childbirth could legally get a funeral in Sparta, since they both died for their country. Definitely a good way to keep the citizens focused on the Spartan way of life.

  • @AlienSensei
    @AlienSensei 4 года назад +102

    Me reading Naruto: Children trained to be assassins since they were six or seven? I call bullshit.
    Meanwhile, once upon a time in Sparta:

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 года назад +4

      Crazy to think that was reality.

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 года назад

      @humanity is a joke to our ancestors
      No lol they should be trained according to their intellect

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 года назад

      @humanity is a joke to our ancestors
      Agree. Some Prussian discipline is needed to bring the modern western generations back to the track

  • @sethortiger
    @sethortiger 5 лет назад +94

    What was life like for the average person and slaves in ancient Egypt, those who weren't among the nobility or religious service?

    • @ghazalsuna9861
      @ghazalsuna9861 5 лет назад

      Simply a hardworking Slave (wholl be wiped by his master if he stops) or warrior if needed be.

    • @Kabanaris
      @Kabanaris 4 года назад

      This is why he is not doing this things to his own kid and got out of sparta 😂

  • @joyboy_3165
    @joyboy_3165 5 лет назад +65

    I see now why Kratos was always angry

  • @Kingfroggle
    @Kingfroggle 3 года назад +104

    Spartan warriors were on average 5 foot 10, and were actually quite skinny compared to todays protein milkshake gym people. A big part of their training was in going without food and being able to withstand hunger. Their diet was mostly the equivalent of wheatbix.

    • @marcanthony7020
      @marcanthony7020 2 года назад +14

      Even walking around American Revolutionary buildings and ships, you can tell the average height for people must have been shorter for that era. I imagine an average height of 5’ 10” for ancient greece had to be considered tall.

  • @Rob0Penguin
    @Rob0Penguin 5 лет назад +93

    Sparta's greatest aspect? A good PR department.

    • @Arkarkyawwin
      @Arkarkyawwin 5 лет назад +14

      This is true. Sparta were feared and romanticized much later on by historian. Actual records indicated that they were no better solider than rest of the ancient Greece's soldiers. It was great PR; nonetheless, just PR.

    • @amateruss
      @amateruss 5 лет назад +4

      They were even subdued by the Macedonian army without the presence of Alexander when they tried to plot a coup against their own. What a bunch of pussies. They should have just joined Alexander in his conquests.

    • @Apple_Teck
      @Apple_Teck 5 лет назад +1

      Haha! Fool haters.

    • @Arkarkyawwin
      @Arkarkyawwin 5 лет назад +3

      @Matt Lombardo Herodotus' record is what I meant by romanticized by historian. I am not disputing his record. But that is his record. It is similar to a reporter reviewing North Korea from regimen's point of view. He wrote what he saw. It doesn't mean it's 100% truth or Sparta's society was constantly the way Herodotus wrote. It peaked and fell like a sine curve. The fact was that they had lost to Athens at Battle of Sphacteria and to Boeotians at Battle of Leuctra proved that they didn't fare significantly better than other armies in Greece soldiers. That's proven fact from multiple sources that they were defected. Their abilities on average was better but not significantly better.
      It was a myth that they were invisible. Romanticized later on by later historians.

    • @TakeshixStudios
      @TakeshixStudios 5 лет назад +2

      Naaaah, Spartans were bad ass. Some army tried to threaten them and Sparta was like "if". Them dudes backed off

  • @anarchistgalaxy1857
    @anarchistgalaxy1857 5 лет назад +217

    What life was really like for the average Athens, next! :D

  • @KilluminatiPlusUltra
    @KilluminatiPlusUltra 3 года назад +51

    I remember a great Spartan once said "Don't be sorry boy, be better"

  • @lazarusblackwell6988
    @lazarusblackwell6988 4 года назад +49

    I think they had a training session where they yelled THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
    All day long
    To get their vigor up you know

  • @Patchouliprince
    @Patchouliprince 5 лет назад +39

    Damn, Sparta went hard

  • @rice.jpg2
    @rice.jpg2 5 лет назад +208

    My question is how did the underfeeding affect their growth especially during puberty don’t you need proper nutrition to grow properly?

    • @buffoonustroglodytus4688
      @buffoonustroglodytus4688 5 лет назад +21

      Pay attention to the fuckin video, dumbass.

    • @andreeab2948
      @andreeab2948 5 лет назад +81

      From what I understood from the video itt wasnt that the were litteraly steaving the Boys. They just didnt give them enough food to feel full. They gave just enough to do what they have to do în a day. Plus the body gests used to it

    • @Sosgyotis
      @Sosgyotis 4 года назад +9

      They were given just enough so they could get what they needed to done. The ridiculous work out regiment probably undid anything that not eating enough did to their body. Plus I also think it would be helpful if they didn’t need as much food is their cities were to be sieges or if they were on the warpath

    • @LiquorMaster
      @LiquorMaster 4 года назад +42

      Testosterone levels were through the roof back in those days and they probably consumed a lot of olive oil which is calorie dense.

    • @tristan9648
      @tristan9648 4 года назад +3

      They probably had to much testosterone to be affected 😂

  • @heyitslo
    @heyitslo 5 лет назад +869

    Literally one of the only civilizations where I can say I’d prefer to be a woman 🤟🏼

    • @bluetickbeagles116
      @bluetickbeagles116 5 лет назад +10

      Yesss!!!

    • @sitamun7598
      @sitamun7598 5 лет назад +110

      I’d rather be in Ancient Egypt: they had rights too and didn’t have to live under such a brutal and oppressive military state.

    • @snorre-849
      @snorre-849 5 лет назад +48

      So you would rather be there than here today?

    • @amatsukami6590
      @amatsukami6590 5 лет назад +1

      sitamun Egypt had more slaves

    • @conways3897
      @conways3897 5 лет назад +31

      Women have it hard in modern day? :(

  • @pelopidasalexis6943
    @pelopidasalexis6943 3 года назад +12

    "Η ΤΑΝ Η ΕΠΙ ΤΑΣ"
    "Return Holding your Shield (victorious), or Dead On it".
    Spartan Mothers said that to their sons when departing for battle.

  • @goodtitle686
    @goodtitle686 5 лет назад +170

    You should do a video about Ancient Greek "Maenads".
    They were these absolutely crazy women who killed humans and animals in weird rituals.
    No one has done a proper video about them and it would be pretty interesting :D

    • @mr.kingofphenomenal4629
      @mr.kingofphenomenal4629 5 лет назад +10

      What about Africa empires who dominated world trade and had the richest man in history or we can go into Japan more.

    • @BonzerMrT
      @BonzerMrT 5 лет назад +5

      MR. KING OF PHENOMENAL the African kingdom would be nice

    • @mr.kingofphenomenal4629
      @mr.kingofphenomenal4629 5 лет назад +1

      @@BonzerMrT Or the Crusades

    • @JNArnold
      @JNArnold 5 лет назад +3

      @@mr.kingofphenomenal4629 Lots of really interesting and underappreciated history to know. I definitely would love to see more.

    • @grenzer45
      @grenzer45 5 лет назад +1

      MR. KING OF PHENOMENAL because there are no such empires.

  • @hall3a
    @hall3a 5 лет назад +68

    watching this in bed covered in potato chip crumbs

    • @-jurga-
      @-jurga- 4 года назад +2

      This is why your generation is the last on this earth...😂

  • @s.papadatos6711
    @s.papadatos6711 5 лет назад +12

    Spartans were famous for how little they would speak in a conversation...their whole goal in life was to serve the army and big conversations were not part of it. In fact, this trait was so unique to Spartans, that today....even after ~2,500 years we say : "Μιλάς Λακωνικά" ...You speak as a Lakonian (meaning a Spartan), to emphasize how dense and short someone speaks.

  • @LuisDaKing884
    @LuisDaKing884 4 года назад +25

    These guys are way tougher than any modern soldiers we have today

    • @Derly24
      @Derly24 Год назад

      The weapons have changed, not the men.

    • @randyfemrite7525
      @randyfemrite7525 11 месяцев назад

      They didn't smoke or eat junk food.

  • @abdussamiulbasir8291
    @abdussamiulbasir8291 4 года назад +25

    Living in Sparta to me is no less than hell.

    • @lilpp4791
      @lilpp4791 4 года назад +6

      Because you a pussy

    • @mr.hightemplar2570
      @mr.hightemplar2570 3 года назад +3

      Ngl it would be cool to personally say "This is Sparta"

    • @spaceghost8886
      @spaceghost8886 3 года назад +4

      To me it sounds heavenly, as someone who searched for a purpose for most of my life I can think of no greater situation than being born into a society that assigns you purpose from the day you are born.
      Of course, I also understand that it’s not for everyone, just speaking from personal experience.

  • @1232-e7b
    @1232-e7b 4 года назад +40

    1:47
    “When they cried or complained, their caretakers ignored them”
    That’s not going to lead to a secure attachment style

    • @michelefernandez2240
      @michelefernandez2240 4 года назад +5

      Exactly...bred for death.

    • @gigicolada
      @gigicolada 4 года назад +4

      Yeah. Sparta was one big puppy mill :(

    • @willhyde5026
      @willhyde5026 4 года назад +2

      @@michelefernandez2240 Not bred for death... for war.

  • @CeltKnight
    @CeltKnight 5 лет назад +47

    I'd love to see something in Weird History about the Ancient Irish.

    • @SofiaBerruxSubs
      @SofiaBerruxSubs 5 лет назад +2

      me too!

    • @syloz67
      @syloz67 4 года назад +3

      Unfortunately theres not much known of the Irish or people on the British Isles besides heavily biased Roman accounts until the Dark Ages.

  • @bloodsweatandbeers9670
    @bloodsweatandbeers9670 3 года назад +3

    Conditioned right from birth. Pretty impressive they understood the psychological part of war back then. Crazy stuff. I love this channel. I'm addicted now

  • @MatthewOlalde
    @MatthewOlalde 5 лет назад +246

    Imagine these dudes in the UFC

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 5 лет назад +13

      Oh crap

    • @anthonywavy5637
      @anthonywavy5637 4 года назад +6

      MO - Gamer they get they ass whooped

    • @ethanking4954
      @ethanking4954 4 года назад +22

      UFC fighters have better food and training and would most likely be physically stronger.

    • @mythmims7703
      @mythmims7703 4 года назад +37

      @@ethanking4954 yes but dont forget that spartans didnt fight with rules they were fighting really dirty if you know what i mean they would make anything to the enemie that they were fighting without mercy.

    • @ΘεοδωροςΑ
      @ΘεοδωροςΑ 4 года назад +81

      @@ethanking4954 Wait what? The shield had weight almosts 7 Kg , if you add the rest of the gear , total 15 kg on them , imagine fighting and swinging for hours with that gear, you realy think any UFC fighter can do that today??
      Not only that, but the diference in mental toughness is miles away.
      Top tier fighers only get higher up their mental toughness through phycologists and meditation , the Spartats were learning that from 7 years old .
      Dont compare , the years were df back than , people could do a marathon after a big fight with no food for days. Especially the Spartans .

  • @shamsterthehamster
    @shamsterthehamster 5 лет назад +53

    Unlike many other ancient societies, life in Sparta as a woman seems to be really cool.
    I feel very sorry for the boys though. I wonder how the mothers felt when their sons were abandoned to die! I don't even wanna think how the babies felt! And can you imagined not being loved as a child? I almost want to cry!

    • @SofiaBerruxSubs
      @SofiaBerruxSubs 5 лет назад +1

      well it feels harsh to us but its their culture. I mean to them it be as normal as your everday life is to you.
      Ex.Like if my immediate family tradition is to sleep on camp cots then i sleep on camp cots its just the way it is.. i dont know any different even if my cousins sleep on normal beds. just different ways for different families.

    • @Tigerheiress
      @Tigerheiress 5 лет назад

      Shawn P LMFAO

    • @geheimnisvollerundbelanglo9396
      @geheimnisvollerundbelanglo9396 5 лет назад

      Considering most women in Sparta were helots, no it like really sucked on average.

    • @michelefernandez2240
      @michelefernandez2240 4 года назад

      Feeling over Survival?😆

    • @michelefernandez2240
      @michelefernandez2240 4 года назад

      Its not fun being hated, for sure

  • @ramm3905
    @ramm3905 4 года назад +32

    Im sure if they would see my face when i was born, they would probably YEET me of the cliff like frisbee.

  • @dimitritemples4437
    @dimitritemples4437 2 года назад +25

    As a Greek man, I'm proud of my ancestors.

    • @AimForMyHead81
      @AimForMyHead81 2 года назад +1

      You should be!

    • @firesideshats
      @firesideshats Год назад

      Well they wouldn't be proud of how you lot fcked your country by not paying taxes and just being lazy.

    • @N0tARapp3r
      @N0tARapp3r Год назад +2

      Sir, this is a Wendy's

    • @magiclegume
      @magiclegume Год назад +1

      “The Athenians, those boy lovers”

    • @Grason20
      @Grason20 Год назад

      ​@@N0tARapp3rwhere's the beef?

  • @shanette247
    @shanette247 5 лет назад +27

    Hey Weird History, love your channel. Sparta makes me curious about the Zulu nation. Could you do it one day?

  • @ax4178
    @ax4178 5 лет назад +401

    The Greeks say that I come from Sparta..
    *looks down at Greek Belly*
    Nope....
    Probably Athenian.

    • @BleuEri
      @BleuEri 4 года назад +3

      True. Fat girls were considered beautiful because it showed they were rich.

    • @bethanycollins1726
      @bethanycollins1726 4 года назад +1

      Little baby: coughs slightly
      Spartan: YoU wANt dEaD BoY?

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 года назад +3

      @@bethanycollins1726 stolen

    • @arancregan5718
      @arancregan5718 3 года назад +1

      @@BleuEri not true

  • @aravind4391
    @aravind4391 5 лет назад +14

    Nature: I will do the job of selecting the fittest to survive.
    Sparta: Hold my wine bathtub..

  • @clintjones9848
    @clintjones9848 4 года назад +37

    Spartan life probably didn't include doing anabolic steroids.

  • @BigStew993
    @BigStew993 5 лет назад +140

    Damm they made spartans from assassin's creed odyssey into a real thing

  • @mr.kingofphenomenal4629
    @mr.kingofphenomenal4629 5 лет назад +145

    Weird history should try Africa empires that dominated world trade and had the richest man in history? Or go into Japan or Middle East. Maybe do the crusades from Europe and Middle East.

    • @cocokosh9909
      @cocokosh9909 5 лет назад +10

      When did African empires dominate world trade?

    • @mr.kingofphenomenal4629
      @mr.kingofphenomenal4629 5 лет назад +10

      @@cocokosh9909 Look up Mali, Ghana, empire. During that time Africa was dominating the world trade with their resources which gave them more power and money during that time.

    • @masseffect4731
      @masseffect4731 5 лет назад +6

      @@cocokosh9909 never

    • @MideanStone
      @MideanStone 5 лет назад +11

      @@mr.kingofphenomenal4629 Yea no, Africa has NEVER dominated world trade ever, except for maybe the exporting and selling of their own people as slaves. And where the hell did you get the richest man in history from lol? King Solomon, and pretty much every Arabian Royal has had more wealth than the richest African leader. I think you have been taught some bullshit by people with an agenda.

    • @mr.kingofphenomenal4629
      @mr.kingofphenomenal4629 5 лет назад +8

      @@MideanStone Just look it up. I learned this stuff in high school. Yes Africa did dominated the world trade. Every country wanted their resources which is why European colonized Africa because Africa resources were so rich and full of everything they needed.

  • @T.K.KIRKLAND.
    @T.K.KIRKLAND. 5 лет назад +233

    Can you do a day in a life of when we all found out Epstein didnt kill himself

  • @Theodoros_Kolokotronis
    @Theodoros_Kolokotronis 2 месяца назад +1

    One of the most thrilling historical novels on the legendary Battle of Thermopylae is “Gates of Fire” by Steven Pressfield.
    Truly epic.

  • @friedrichnietzsche2557
    @friedrichnietzsche2557 5 лет назад +86

    Greta: how dare you?
    Spartan: hold my shield

    • @SassyC18
      @SassyC18 5 лет назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @the_rover1
      @the_rover1 3 года назад

      I would pay for that to see a spartan beat up greta

  • @0ld_Scratch
    @0ld_Scratch 5 лет назад +56

    please do a video on spanish Conquistadores!

    • @TheMontoya09
      @TheMontoya09 5 лет назад

      Xi Jinping my family are direct descendants of the conquistadors. We have been in NM since the late 1500’s

    • @0ld_Scratch
      @0ld_Scratch 5 лет назад

      @@TheMontoya09 wow this is really cool! I don't know if some of my ancestors were Conquistadores, I wish, but there is some probability since my lastname can be found in some american countries. the name also isin't very common and was of lesser nobility, like a landed knight.

    • @TheMontoya09
      @TheMontoya09 5 лет назад

      Xi Jinping there were honorary spainiards from other nations who were Spanish

  • @magicvampirelver1321
    @magicvampirelver1321 5 лет назад +29

    THIS IS SPARTAAAA! Lol awesome content Weird History

  • @emersonedwardsiii9006
    @emersonedwardsiii9006 3 года назад +2

    this helped me with my school work. thank you!

  • @Ghost-vi8qm
    @Ghost-vi8qm 5 лет назад +68

    I'd love to see real Spartan women. I read the Athenians described them as "very sexy"

    • @ΈναςΤύπος
      @ΈναςΤύπος 4 года назад +29

      They would be like a track athlete. Fit,nice legs,killer ass.

    • @Ghost-vi8qm
      @Ghost-vi8qm 4 года назад +4

      @@ΈναςΤύπος 🤤

    • @saragarofano9727
      @saragarofano9727 4 года назад +7

      Imagine sexualising dead corpses

    • @wawan8759
      @wawan8759 4 года назад +2

      They wont be loyal though

    • @sly-fi6502
      @sly-fi6502 4 года назад +8

      @@wawan8759 Why wouldn't they be loyal, dumbass? Because they had rights?? XD

  • @noblue4u
    @noblue4u 5 лет назад +24

    Weird History: the finest retelling of Wikipedia entries that RUclips can provide.

  • @jessicatang5162
    @jessicatang5162 4 года назад +70

    I'd love to learn the psychological effects of this

    • @sutart6705
      @sutart6705 3 года назад

      LMAO

    • @angelic_stargaze
      @angelic_stargaze 3 года назад +30

      I was thinking the same thing. I guess killing people was a way to let go off some steam after years of dehumanization

    • @NPClownumber81googolplex
      @NPClownumber81googolplex 3 года назад +8

      "HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!"

    • @adalgisounoqualunque9033
      @adalgisounoqualunque9033 3 года назад +19

      You have to remember that these were savage times. Every one would b considered an animal by today’s standards. We are lucky.

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 года назад +2

      Not as unhealthy as it sounds like probably. I won't jump to conclusions without further scrutiny.

  • @nabztraveldiaries511
    @nabztraveldiaries511 4 года назад +101

    Geez... I just feel so bad for all the boys who had to go through this. This is madness!

  • @antwanskee2663
    @antwanskee2663 5 лет назад +14

    Near death: " man, I got caught sneaking out again last night."

  • @mamalemon4461
    @mamalemon4461 5 лет назад +58

    modern day they will be charged with child abuse.

    • @michelefernandez2240
      @michelefernandez2240 4 года назад +14

      Only...if they are caught are they beaten

    • @MackAlton
      @MackAlton 4 года назад +5

      No shit

    • @riccardo815
      @riccardo815 4 года назад +2

      Not really, i mean you can just give the child away, it's the modern version of throwing him off a cliff, same result

    • @sebaseba6710
      @sebaseba6710 4 года назад +2

      Shit, abuse is putting it nicely...

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 5 лет назад +36

    *Master Chief has entered the chat*

  • @yifeiren8004
    @yifeiren8004 4 года назад +15

    me born in Sparta.
    Me: oh shit, please throw me in the valley. I will re-login. Thanks.

  • @darthsidious6753
    @darthsidious6753 4 года назад +44

    Throughout the Classical period other Greeks being afraid to fight Spartans.

    • @the_rover1
      @the_rover1 3 года назад +1

      meanwhile, the persian archemenids at the hot gates: well, those sexy men in red carpets look nice!

    • @TylerDurden-cy5cs
      @TylerDurden-cy5cs 3 года назад +6

      Not just afraid, terrified. In most cases when Spartans arrived the other army just surrendered

  • @BK2238
    @BK2238 4 года назад +25

    Bruh a spartan could beat every single one of our asses on a 1v1 hand to hand like for real there isnt a way there exists someone whos trained like these guys

    • @luiznunes3612
      @luiznunes3612 3 года назад +1

      if I couldn't make them bleed i would do my best to make them sweat, before I die.

    • @theuniverse1158
      @theuniverse1158 3 года назад

      @@luiznunes3612 I would be on the floor when he starts to sweat

  • @mildlydistressedmusic
    @mildlydistressedmusic 4 года назад +8

    Spartan doctors be like:
    Spartan Doctor: "I'm sorry ma'am but... something went terribly wrong. It's stillborn."
    Mother: "Wh--... No it's not! I can hear it crying!"
    Spartan Doctor: *"Exactly."*

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    A+ video!
    What a lifestyle that would be! Awesome video!

  • @Dwbolan77
    @Dwbolan77 4 года назад +4

    What the Spartans were able to do in battle though was amazing. This should be a follow up video

  • @Blakeyboi24
    @Blakeyboi24 5 лет назад +5

    This made me think if my Dad was once a Sparta. RIP dad.

  • @kyzendelaguia1063
    @kyzendelaguia1063 4 года назад +40

    Spartans killing babies when the baby could have grown up into the wise adult that would've made a new method to keep Sparta alive:
    Spartans when Sparta falls: "How could this happen?"

    • @suda_lifts
      @suda_lifts 3 года назад

      Which would’ve made less soldiers or probably even more. Who knows. But in the end they were outnumbered

    • @lilmanq7746
      @lilmanq7746 3 года назад

      If they would let the weak ones grow they couldn’t be trained and they would obviously run to athens

    • @kyzendelaguia1063
      @kyzendelaguia1063 3 года назад

      @@lilmanq7746 but if they're weak, how would they run?

  • @TheRealChrist210
    @TheRealChrist210 4 года назад +1

    This video taught me that you can basically train your body to do anything and to withstand anything

  • @TheTimbs_
    @TheTimbs_ 3 года назад +8

    Spartan baby: *can’t lift 70 men alone*
    Spartans: You are about to destroy item(child) Yes Yes

  • @Jbird1988
    @Jbird1988 4 года назад +7

    The other classes of the society made up a huge portion of the spartan army, even helots. One of the reasons Sparta never went far with their armies as the helots would just leave or rebel. Helots were also mainly from Messenia a reason to the west of Laconia which was an entire greek population of their own.

  • @Franskie266
    @Franskie266 5 лет назад +318

    Spartan: where child abuse reigned

    • @beverlybalius9303
      @beverlybalius9303 5 лет назад +18

      Frankie Lee At that time it was not child abuse it was done to keep the group alive

    • @yoshimitsusamaka2238
      @yoshimitsusamaka2238 5 лет назад +9

      Bitch... you're the reason women's rights are still an on going joke

    • @anthonywavy5637
      @anthonywavy5637 4 года назад +31

      yoshimitsu samaka my guy Spartans actually gave women rights and Spartans were known to have sex with little boys

    • @therealneal3034
      @therealneal3034 4 года назад +11

      Frankie Lima child abuse done right turns them into the toughest MFers on the planet. Although that that point it’s probably not so much abuse as it is strict and harsh parenting. Especially when the entire community explained to you why they were flogging you daily.

    • @diansmit1885
      @diansmit1885 4 года назад

      @Ar S Id like to see a seal take on a spartan😂

  • @billphilips8522
    @billphilips8522 4 года назад +2

    i am of spartan stock and all i can say is thank god i wasn't born back then. but i did have an older brother who was caught up in the ancient culture and made me fight/spar with his older friends to 'toughen' me up. by the time i started school the teacher was complaining to my parents that i was hitting everyone and getting into fights all the time. i was a crazy, tempermental kid but thankfully i mellowed out as i got older. geez i remember those days, i would fight at the drop of a hat, by the time i was 8 years old i must have been in 40 fights.....and all i remember are the two i lost.

  • @pharaohbubbles1547
    @pharaohbubbles1547 5 лет назад +25

    Imagine if these Spartan traditions still existed today

    • @pinkpenzu
      @pinkpenzu 5 лет назад +21

      Th country would probably be hellhole with severe human rights issue

    • @dt1productions918
      @dt1productions918 5 лет назад +5

      We’d be in history, and not known as pussies who accomplished nothing but making fake pussies and fake dicks..

    • @superbuneary8819
      @superbuneary8819 5 лет назад +1

      @@LucasSantos-ss6ou this

    • @assaultguy859
      @assaultguy859 4 года назад +4

      Lucas Santos Did you not watch the video. The women in Spartan society weren’t delicate, they practiced wrestling, javelin throwing, gymnastics, and also constantly exercised.

    • @MandalorV7
      @MandalorV7 4 года назад +1

      Well sadly child soldiers are still very much a real thing.

  • @scene6289
    @scene6289 5 лет назад +177

    So the Spartan men were underfed people with childhood trauma
    And everyone was forced to conform to societies expectations

    • @Giovanni_Lippert
      @Giovanni_Lippert 5 лет назад +13

      Basically today with veganism and conforming to society

    • @geodude6244
      @geodude6244 4 года назад +7

      I see how they would be good fighters but i question their ability to feel love and on a battle field thinking of your wife and children probably make you fight harder than being pissed off plus if you have freedom as a child i think you might be better at strategic endeavors.

    • @yahcrack
      @yahcrack 4 года назад +2

      Sounds like Black Men in america

    • @tnty1561
      @tnty1561 4 года назад +10

      @@geodude6244 remember, they were LITERALLY bred for war and war only.

  • @gimmeabreakplease3634
    @gimmeabreakplease3634 5 лет назад +25

    Can you guys do Mesopotamia?

  • @eliasjanssens1247
    @eliasjanssens1247 4 года назад +1

    ey mad props. really good video, beautiful visuals and animations!! you guys really deserve 2mln subs.