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This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the ancient world - Craig Zimmer

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  • Опубліковано 7 бер 2016
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    In ancient Greece, violent internal conflict between border neighbors and war with foreign invaders was a way of life, and Greeks were considered premier warriors. Sparta, specifically, had an army of the most feared warriors in the ancient world. What were they doing to produce such fierce soldiers? Craig Zimmer shares some of the lessons that might have been taught at Spartan school.
    Lesson by Craig Zimmer, animation by TED-Ed.

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  • @yogawarriorgirl
    @yogawarriorgirl 7 років тому +6027

    As my history teacher said, when in Ancient Greece, if you were a man, you wanted to be in Athens, but if a woman, you wanted to be in Sparta.

    • @goldenmemes51
      @goldenmemes51 6 років тому +632

      But if you were a King, warrior, fearless, ambitious, logistic smart
      You wanted to be in Macedon

    • @therankingworld7627
      @therankingworld7627 6 років тому +67

      Can u explain pls

    • @user-dn4ou7io1f
      @user-dn4ou7io1f 6 років тому +45

      Golden Memes if you wanted to be a king yeah all the others are athens.

    • @larrylizard4070
      @larrylizard4070 6 років тому +40

      Men still are gonna be stronger

    • @user-dn4ou7io1f
      @user-dn4ou7io1f 6 років тому +307

      david chizi because women in sparta had almost the same rights as men research it man.

  • @raveleijntv
    @raveleijntv 8 років тому +2129

    In case people wanna know what the tombstones said.
    " Leonidas. died in battle"
    "elene. died during child birth."
    I see what you did there....

    • @MrPoutsesMple
      @MrPoutsesMple 8 років тому +48

      +mlpSpiritCross and the dates υπγ, υο are 483 and 470 respectively (had to look it up, we don't use greek numerals nowdays).

    • @MrPoutsesMple
      @MrPoutsesMple 8 років тому +22

      Marcus Kaiser Nope, no BC, just 483 and 470.

    • @ashutoshtripathi.
      @ashutoshtripathi. 7 років тому +12

      Avv2390 who's Elene?

    • @SomeOtherPooma
      @SomeOtherPooma 7 років тому +62

      Probably a reference to Helen of Troy (she was Helen of Sparta before that, and after, in as much as we can say anything based on legend and myth)

    • @zeuskf62
      @zeuskf62 6 років тому +24

      Elene aka Helen was a legend taking place during the mycenian and minoan civilization's times. Basically she got kidnapped by the leader of Troy and taken back only for her husband to find out she was in Egypt and what he took is an interpretation. All of this is based on the greco-troic war and alot of ancient writers have wrote books about this.

  • @megakangaroo5665
    @megakangaroo5665 5 років тому +1180

    School: gets in a fight and get expelled
    Sparta: Gets in a fight and get awarded.

    • @swanandab2484
      @swanandab2484 3 роки тому +16

      At least you don't die...or worse, Expelled!...
      oh

    • @andylines8040
      @andylines8040 3 роки тому +7

      I had my mid terms on this

    • @arctic_angel7408
      @arctic_angel7408 3 роки тому +16

      only if you won tho

    • @brazenRenascent
      @brazenRenascent 2 роки тому +3

      @@swanandab2484 You need to sort out your priorities lmao

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 2 роки тому +3

      More like win a fight and get awarded

  • @atouloupas
    @atouloupas 8 років тому +1426

    First of all, modern historians call Spartans like this because they were from Sparta. However did you know that they were called Lacedaemons (Λακεδαιμονείς) and not Spartans (Σπαρτιάτες)? Have you ever wondered what this big nice Λ on a Spartan shield is? It's the Λ from the word Λακεδαιμονείς! But Lacedaemons did call their biggest city Sparta.

    • @atouloupas
      @atouloupas 7 років тому +68

      Indeed, all Greek tribes had myths for their origin, or the names of their cities, etc. Hellen, for example was the mythological progenitor of the Hellenes (Greeks), who had three sons: Dorus (hence the tribe Dorians), Aeolus (hence Aeolians) and Xuthus. Xuthus had two sons, Ion (hence Ionians) and Achaeus (hence Achaeans).
      Υ.Γ. Γεια χαρά! Απ' ό,τι ξέρω, Λακεδαίμονα ή Λακωνία (Λακωνία είναι νεότερη λέξη, μάλλον υποκοριστικό της πρώτης) λεγόταν η περιοχή όπου κατοικούσαν οι Λακεδαιμόνιοι, ενώ Σπάρτα ήταν το όνομα της Σπάρτης στην δωρική διάλεκτο. Οι Αθηναίοι δεν είχαν το προελληνικό μακρό "α", αλλά το "η" (που ήταν μακρό "ε" στα αρχαία).

    • @pellereinicke5189
      @pellereinicke5189 7 років тому +3

      You cant trust wiki

    • @pellereinicke5189
      @pellereinicke5189 7 років тому +3

      every one can write on wiki, even you, (if you have an account).

    • @atouloupas
      @atouloupas 7 років тому +60

      Pelle Reinicke This is a stereotype. Yes, everyone can write on Wikipedia, but every single entry has citations from books or articles written by professors and experts and it is frequently checked by Wikipedia's moderators to see if there are citations. So, I can trust the article for, e.g. the Earth or Pericles. But if somewhere in the entry it says "citation needed", then I wont trust this piece of information.

    • @therealtilt
      @therealtilt 7 років тому +5

      guys both Αποστολος and me are Greeks so we know our history

  • @nik007delta
    @nik007delta 8 років тому +11316

    THIS ..........
    IS ............
    A pretty informative video thanks for posting

  • @ImERnest
    @ImERnest 8 років тому +444

    I love the random "Sparta!" in the background

    • @lesROKnoobz
      @lesROKnoobz 8 років тому +10

      +ImERnest For real. Feminists need to be sent into spartan training camps for 13+ years.

    • @Ari-zp4dd
      @Ari-zp4dd 4 роки тому +1

      lesROKnoobz amen to that.

    • @matthewsantos422
      @matthewsantos422 4 роки тому +3

      Spah-taaaaa

    • @treva77
      @treva77 3 роки тому +1

      😂

  • @mariaioannadritsa2206
    @mariaioannadritsa2206 5 років тому +309

    As a greek, i need to say that i love TED-ED & approve this video
    I would also like to add one thing ; The mothers in Sparta were very "hard" with their sons. They expected of them either to win or die in battle. Actually, there is a quote
    "Either you come to me a victor with your shield or dead on your shield "
    ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς
    ^^

    • @eliminator1472
      @eliminator1472 Рік тому +1

      Was this quote used in the movie 300? I’ve heard this quote before

    • @Fat-Queen1
      @Fat-Queen1 7 місяців тому

      I would say the same thing to my son.

  • @tainoman7905
    @tainoman7905 5 років тому +240

    Basically Sparta was the equivalent of trying to make real life super soldiers

    • @sovereignshark
      @sovereignshark 3 роки тому +15

      And they big time succeeded

    • @neonsashimidream1075
      @neonsashimidream1075 3 роки тому +1

      Equivalent is an odd choice of words here I think. I suppose something is technically equal to itself, but it seems unnecessary to point that out.

    • @Fat-Queen1
      @Fat-Queen1 7 місяців тому

      Precisely why Spartan regime needs to be brought back for men

  • @thefuzzyfurnace
    @thefuzzyfurnace 8 років тому +1541

    Please please please do another lesson on other greek city states

    • @kleitoes
      @kleitoes 8 років тому +3

      Yassss

    • @alfredthepatientxcvi
      @alfredthepatientxcvi 8 років тому +21

      on athene

    • @musicmachine4975
      @musicmachine4975 8 років тому +2

      ya

    • @polychronio
      @polychronio 8 років тому

      +thefuzzy furnace yes

    • @idm1991
      @idm1991 8 років тому +1

      +Alfred Acar Athens would be the prime candidates after Spartans. Although, I wonder why they dive more into the lives of the soldiers after they hit 20. Things such as expecting to get married by 30 for the men and 19 by woman, and how young men are always on the front lines in battles. Also,how soldiers can retire around the age of 60.

  • @miraato-aj
    @miraato-aj 8 років тому +3829

    I will name my future first baby boy 'Sparta' so whenever I'd introduce him I can scream "THIS IS SPARTA"

    • @RebeccaJ720
      @RebeccaJ720 8 років тому +292

      Sparta is technically a feminine name. Sparta was the name of their first queen.

    • @ahmadene
      @ahmadene 8 років тому +223

      +Rebecca Johnson who cares? as long as i can say "THIS... IS.... SPARTAA!!"

    • @Ara-gp4yj
      @Ara-gp4yj 8 років тому +58

      If I was named Sparta I would of changed it the second I could

    • @ahmadene
      @ahmadene 8 років тому +79

      +Aramis Zuniga you're not my son.

    • @RebeccaJ720
      @RebeccaJ720 8 років тому +43

      Then I'm naming my kid Narnia LOL.

  • @derekl126
    @derekl126 5 років тому +332

    "Mommy, look at this hunky guy with a spear! I'm gonna be like him when I grow up!"
    Well damn 2 years later I return
    Thanks to everyone who saw this worthless comment

  • @JimFortune
    @JimFortune 8 років тому +720

    It makes no sense to say that all Spartans, men and women, were taught to read and write, but forbidden to leave records.

    • @RomanBelisarius
      @RomanBelisarius 8 років тому +32

      Ehh means the country kept the records of writing for a while? P....then decided to just burn it....or ehhh...."No writing about Sparta...." and letters would soon be discarded after read and write? lol

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 8 років тому +259

      Brian Jonathan First rule of Sparta. Nobody writes about Sparta.

    • @sophiejones7727
      @sophiejones7727 8 років тому +258

      they wrote plenty actually. We have poems from Alkmenes and Tyrtaeus, and letters from various people. What he meant was that they weren't allowed to talk about their training or the military at all. For security reasons, same as modern-day soldiers aren't allowed to divulge their orders and shit to their families.

    • @ronaldhubbard577
      @ronaldhubbard577 8 років тому +118

      The warriors were forbidden to leave records is what he said.
      It makes a lot of sense actually, like he states that a Spartan's sole purpose was the betterment of Sparta, any soldier that wrote about the horrors of war would make upcoming soldiers fearful, weakening Sparta.

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 8 років тому +3

      Ronald Hubbard What's the purpose of learning to read and write if you're forbidden to write?

  • @PhantomZephyrV
    @PhantomZephyrV 8 років тому +2141

    I would like to see a video about Alexander the Great

    • @sjoker27
      @sjoker27 8 років тому +10

      Would be interesting no doubt to me at the very least

    • @markoneill2447
      @markoneill2447 8 років тому +29

      +Metazeos that would be GREAT?

    • @lorddinosaur9885
      @lorddinosaur9885 8 років тому +4

      That would be really interesting.

    • @veidt6037
      @veidt6037 8 років тому +10

      +Phantom Zephyr Ⓥ They could do a history on trial video about him.

    • @rasmuserlandsson2204
      @rasmuserlandsson2204 8 років тому +3

      +Phantom Zephyr Ⓥ UPVOTE THIS! Would really like Alexander the Great video.

  • @cjn0001
    @cjn0001 8 років тому +2591

    cartoons make the inhumanity fun!

    • @crono3015
      @crono3015 8 років тому +8

      :D Yeah

    • @henriqueyoh
      @henriqueyoh 8 років тому +34

      "inhumanity"

    • @crono3015
      @crono3015 8 років тому +33

      "Pointless quotes"

    • @photographymatt
      @photographymatt 8 років тому +5

      +Craig Noneman inhumane?which bit?

    • @DanDan-ho6xz
      @DanDan-ho6xz 8 років тому +52

      +photographymatt Are you in your comfort zone ? Are you the spectator in the arena criticizing and making comment about how easy it is to train and to fight or are you the gladiator ? Respect them before trashing, talk the walk and WALK the talk or do first and talk after. Freewill was removed from birth and only devotion to Sparta is their right to live, unless you're a North Korean, you might have a glimpse of what they have to endure all their life.

  • @dafuqmr13
    @dafuqmr13 8 років тому +1124

    i can only imagine that sparta's woman probably looks like a fit gym woman, damn

    • @wikarespati5389
      @wikarespati5389 8 років тому +153

      yup, only hot chicks. Damn how lucky to be a spartan

    • @MetallicReg
      @MetallicReg 8 років тому +222

      Lucky to be an "alive" spartan - this was enough luck for one life.

    • @davidliu7729
      @davidliu7729 7 років тому +27

      Mr Tambourine Man They must be shredded as fuck

    • @ashutoshtripathi.
      @ashutoshtripathi. 7 років тому +9

      Alfredo der Analtorpedo more shredded than I am for sure

    • @kevinnelson6070
      @kevinnelson6070 7 років тому +32

      when a man and women had intercourse for the first time on their marriage day, the women would shave all her hair off and wear it is as a beard.

  • @decommissionedunitnanotech2265
    @decommissionedunitnanotech2265 4 роки тому +1023

    Europe: We have walls. Where's yours?
    Spartans: ...
    *WE ARE THE WALLS*

  • @weslierossmal1747
    @weslierossmal1747 8 років тому +4117

    I feel like this is one of the only time periods/ancient civilizations where being a woman was actually better than being a man

    • @kakyoin9688
      @kakyoin9688 7 років тому +300

      Weslie RossMal woman in the west have a bit more rights then men, and can do some things a man can't.

    • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
      @Kardia_of_Rhodes 7 років тому +155

      Celtic women also had it better at the time, and Queen Tomyris of Scythia is said to be the worlds first female leader.

    • @hellasole3098
      @hellasole3098 7 років тому +9

      MAXZONE47 shut the fuck up at the time of sparta this people were climbing t trees

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 7 років тому +21

      cough Egypt cough rome?

    • @helenjiang2238
      @helenjiang2238 7 років тому +8

      JonatasAdoM Rome no Egypt also no.

  • @jillianyoung7006
    @jillianyoung7006 6 років тому +39

    I love the background music randomly screaming "SPARTAAAAA!"

  • @milospopovic819
    @milospopovic819 6 років тому +52

    Both died so that Sparta could live , what an inspirational quote.

  • @jeretoon8350
    @jeretoon8350 6 років тому +40

    I love the random “SPARTA!!” Every once in awhile

  • @High_Rate136
    @High_Rate136 4 роки тому +274

    "In Sparta it was believed that only strong and capable women could bare children that would become strong and capable warriors."
    I mean, from a hereditary genetics standpoint, they were not wrong.

    • @nicholasvincent6014
      @nicholasvincent6014 Рік тому

      it is wrong. just because u are strong doesn't mean your offspring will be strong. Dwayne Johnson, the rock, his kid isn't going to come out of the womb ripped. He will have to go to the gym and lift weights just like everyone else to become strong.

    • @High_Rate136
      @High_Rate136 Рік тому +3

      @@nicholasvincent6014 It is not wrong. That's why his daughter is incredibly masculine

    • @heathersickels
      @heathersickels Рік тому +2

      More about conformity than generics

    • @yashwardhansingh4787
      @yashwardhansingh4787 Рік тому +1

      "Hereditary genetic" more like eugenics

  • @achappy2199
    @achappy2199 8 років тому +108

    I'm learning about Sparta and Athens in school. It's very interesting. :)

    • @StoicManYT
      @StoicManYT 8 років тому

      Where are you from? :)

    • @andylines8040
      @andylines8040 3 роки тому

      I had my mid terms on this video

  • @flyankee7
    @flyankee7 7 років тому +56

    Greatest response in ancient history:
    After invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, Philip II of Macedon sent a message to Sparta: "If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again." The Spartan ephors replied with a single word: "If" (αἴκα).
    Then of course you also have molon labe...

  • @avonord
    @avonord 3 роки тому +16

    I was in Sparta few years ago. There was no museum. I could only find a statue of a Spartan warrior in the main square. And aptly, there was a military base near by.

    • @camilogonzalez8140
      @camilogonzalez8140 Рік тому +1

      Sparta is actually very small nowadays. That statue would have been a replica of the statue known as 'Leonidas' discovered in the 20th century. However, it is not known whether the statue truly depicts the legendary king.

  • @tcironbear21
    @tcironbear21 8 років тому +390

    You forgot all the slaves that made Sparta possible.

    • @scottishcatdad993
      @scottishcatdad993 8 років тому +41

      Spartan boys use to murder at least one slave in order to stop a rebellion

    • @xPrinceOfHellxxx
      @xPrinceOfHellxxx 8 років тому

      +Richard Allan this is stupid and untrue

    • @scottishcatdad993
      @scottishcatdad993 8 років тому

      +Nikias Zotos φίλε μου ψάξε το.... Το έκαναν για να μην κάνουν ποτε εξέγερση οι είλωτες. Βικιπαίδεια άμα μπεις το λεει

    • @scottishcatdad993
      @scottishcatdad993 8 років тому +7

      +Murilo Bragança RESPECT for being so good at history

    • @scrungedigger8625
      @scrungedigger8625 5 років тому +2

      Shhhhhh you leave the helots alone

  • @joaovitormendes6302
    @joaovitormendes6302 8 років тому +197

    keep on ancient civilizations vídeos!!! this was awesome!

  • @pablogarable
    @pablogarable 6 років тому +25

    Incredible video and channel. Thanks so much for your history information and the subtitles too, it's very helpful for Spanish people to understand English. Sparta were a great soldiers.

  • @Toxin081
    @Toxin081 6 місяців тому +4

    I watched this in my history class, and it’s interesting that Spartan men had to go through that.

  • @reginald56000
    @reginald56000 8 років тому +657

    omg i would die instantly if im born on that time and country O_O

    • @Ara-gp4yj
      @Ara-gp4yj 8 років тому +18

      Welp

    • @myohmy9000
      @myohmy9000 8 років тому +47

      Me to, I was allergic to everything when I was a baby, I just quickly grew out of it. I whould have been left on a mountain to die if I live in ancient Sparta

    • @Fishbiene
      @Fishbiene 8 років тому +71

      +reginald56000 No you wouldn't. If you were born in that time, that life would seem normal to you. No one ever gets that.

    • @reginald56000
      @reginald56000 8 років тому +20

      Chris Ramsey Same here. i was Born with lung Problems and eventually got Asthma..but with years of medication im much healthier now..so Yeah.we could be at the mountains being eaten alive if ever we are born in those years XD

    • @reginald56000
      @reginald56000 8 років тому +22

      Fishbiene You dont get it..yeah it would be normal...if we are all born healthy..Babies then was examined if they are healthy or not...If not They are left in the mountains to Die. Im one of those unfortunate babies that are unhealthy...so thats it ill surely die .

  • @Omar-uk1dq
    @Omar-uk1dq 3 роки тому +11

    Historians:Spartan children were sent to military schools where they would forced to fight,be starved for days,were barely given any clothes in the cold and were flogged in front of an altar where they would die 90% of the time
    Ted-Ed:yea but at least they were literate

  • @anactualrat
    @anactualrat 6 років тому +18

    I would like to point out that most of the comments are: “This is Sparta!”

  • @FatlegFleetfoot
    @FatlegFleetfoot 5 років тому +21

    No mention of the helots and periokoi? The Spartan citizen class was an elite minority that ruled over a vast territory and populace (by Ancient Greek standards); it was only able to dedicate itself to warfare because it was fed and maintained by serf labour. One could say that the warrior class devoted more energy into keeping the serf class in check, than into warring with other states. Otherwise, great series.

    • @JHimminy
      @JHimminy Рік тому +1

      They earned it through their personal austerity and higher degree of severity towards themselves.

  • @PattyOflan88
    @PattyOflan88 8 років тому +17

    i love many parts about my personal heritage, but the knowledge that part of my family has always resided in Sparta is surly one of my favorites. My grandmther used to tell me stories that she heard from her grandmother, that she heard from her grandmother and so on. Their society though harsh and alien in this day and age, i think its so cool to have MAYBE been related to some of these warriors. a little fun fact for good Ol' Ted-Ed. Spartan women (for the most part, not all) would wear a tightened leather band over their left breast, or in some severe cases have it cut off. all so that if the safety of the state was in jeopardy they would be able to hold a Hoplon and make and maintain a phalanx if the need became so dire. One final side note....the reason why Sparta had no walls....was because in their minds....every citizen of Sparta was "a brick in the wall of Sparta".

  • @ChaoSpiritZ
    @ChaoSpiritZ 8 років тому +83

    am i the only one who heard "THIS IS SPARTA!" in a low screaming volume?

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 8 років тому

      +ChaoSpiritZ rotmg the best part of this video

    • @espalorp3286
      @espalorp3286 8 років тому +2

      +ChaoSpiritZ rotmg no, out of 32 thousand people, you were the only one. Good job.

    • @melanieshipley3133
      @melanieshipley3133 4 роки тому

      i did

  • @giorgosvito6450
    @giorgosvito6450 7 років тому +1

    this great and I am from greece and this episode got the spartans spot on subscribing right now

  • @marcellabutay1090
    @marcellabutay1090 6 років тому +13

    The whole purpose of Sparta was to have a strong military to defend the nation that had its only purpose as defending itself. As in, they defended theirselves so they could live on but with no other reason but to defend theirselves more.

  • @JohnDoe-ig8om
    @JohnDoe-ig8om 8 років тому +12

    In case anyone's interested, the two tombstones at 4:04 onwards read, respectively:
    Leōnidas
    Pethane stē machē
    upg"
    Elenē
    Pethane stē genna
    Uo
    which translates (I think) as:
    Leonidas
    Died at battle
    483 [BC]
    Elene
    Died at birth
    470 [BC]

  • @RKNGL
    @RKNGL 8 років тому +126

    I in some messed up way wish they would have survived. Just to see if their brutal methods would have physically evolved them in any way.

    • @mohammadhijazi4498
      @mohammadhijazi4498 8 років тому +10

      hell i wish I was raised in a similar environment (less brutal but similar)

    • @MrCeruleanWolf
      @MrCeruleanWolf 8 років тому +3

      Never thought of that, it would be great to see

    • @DimPapayian
      @DimPapayian 8 років тому +16

      But they did survive. Sparta reigned supreme for 700 yrs. They fell when the way of living, set by Lygurgus, was forgotten.

    • @SomeOtherPooma
      @SomeOtherPooma 7 років тому +5

      And also when the supply of Spartans started to get short. There was no way to become a first class citizen, but lots of ways to stop being a full citizen - including getting stabbed to death in a war, but also not being able to pay your mess bill. So it's a strong but fragile system, and can't really expand. Eventually someone else was going to amass more power just by being able to expand their polity and it would all be over for Sparta as it's always one disaster away from a vicious spiral, so tactically strong, incredibly so, but strategically accepting flaws to get that tactical strength and with difficulty in changing their strategic balance. Unless they modernised from Lycurgus.

    • @makhs8750
      @makhs8750 6 років тому +4

      Corrupted Archangel
      Well there are modern Spartans but they are just ordinary people

  • @Big_ole_peanut
    @Big_ole_peanut 4 роки тому +7

    In some weird way i can’t explain these cartoon drawings are really making these whole horrific times in life seem wholesome. 🙂

  • @sophiawang2655
    @sophiawang2655 3 роки тому +4

    I really like the music at the end of the video :)

  • @goatboy4018
    @goatboy4018 8 років тому +17

    THIS...IS......TED-ED!!

  • @donniepinns1472
    @donniepinns1472 8 років тому +21

    Geez... I love ancient Greece - its history and culture - very much. I'd love to see more videos on ancient Greece like this.

    • @ValonsUFOZone
      @ValonsUFOZone 8 років тому +3

      +Donnie Pinns Sparta is Not Greece and never was. Sparta = Albania. Sparta/Shpata/Spata is an Albanian word only Albanians understand you can use google translate. greeks don't understand the word Sparta.that time the city Sparta was an city of Albania. also the city "Athena" A THENA or the name of the country "Greece" GRA ECI. those are also Albanian words only Albanians understand. The Albanians have been in Balkan long long before than the "Greeks" even existed. you can google all this.

    • @cyber_HAF
      @cyber_HAF 8 років тому +2

      +Valon B But albania is a 400 years old country...What are you talking about ?
      No albania is not ancient....

    • @ValonsUFOZone
      @ValonsUFOZone 8 років тому +1

      +Dimitris Gavriliadis 400 years? what are you talking about. Albania is the oldest and Most Ancient country in Balkan without doubt. go read and learn history first. you can say whatever you like but fact is that the Albanians are the oldest people in balkan, way way older before the so called "Greeks" even existed. The Albanians gave the Greeks all those Names. ATHENA, SPARTA and so on..... you can use google translate for all this. all this are Albanian names greeks don't understand those names and the meaning of those words. pls. learn first history and if possible the Albanian language wich is a very unique and very old language,so if you want to understand those words and the meaning of it you need the Albanian language. i hope this helped you... Thanks.

    • @cyber_HAF
      @cyber_HAF 8 років тому +1

      Actually there is meaning in Ancient Greek,you should check.Your facts are not correct...
      Well i gess you hate Greece right ?
      Im pretty sure your language has a lot of Greek words...
      Dont tell me that thεy learn such things in schools...
      I almost forget it there is also a Greek alhpabet.

    • @willtherealgeorgemichaelpl5879
      @willtherealgeorgemichaelpl5879 8 років тому

      Another Albanian idiot propagandist! Albania became a state in 1871 stupid! Modern Albania were greek colonies. It's the exact opposite of your propaganda!

  • @user-mk9hk7td1m
    @user-mk9hk7td1m 5 місяців тому +1

    My grade seven students are now experts on the Spartan people - thanks!

  • @enderstar5017
    @enderstar5017 8 років тому +3

    I only clicked on this because our class is Sparta for Greek and Roman day. When we got the announcement of the city-state we were assigned, everyone cheered at the top of our lungs even though it was the middle of period 4. The teacher next door sent a student to find out what was going on.

  • @MrCeruleanWolf
    @MrCeruleanWolf 8 років тому +185

    There's a small part of me that would have liked to be born a spartan in that time

  • @thequeensconquerer316
    @thequeensconquerer316 8 років тому +228

    I'm happy to not be a Spartan boy

  • @KittyAwesomnessgirl1
    @KittyAwesomnessgirl1 6 років тому +2

    I love the random shouts and pledges to sparta throughout the video

  • @Emme-Kappa
    @Emme-Kappa 5 років тому +3

    The music feels like something straight up from Age of Empires, I loved it.

  • @mr.rifster4188
    @mr.rifster4188 3 роки тому +3

    You have the best voice

  • @voltsu
    @voltsu 3 роки тому +7

    i like hearing the man in the background shout SpARtA at the top of his lungs every 30 seconds.

  • @joannaveltri699
    @joannaveltri699 2 роки тому +2

    I like the sound effects whenever someone says sparta

  • @MrSmashmouth07
    @MrSmashmouth07 5 років тому +2

    these videos are great just not long enough for me but great job making them

  • @fairy11227
    @fairy11227 8 місяців тому +4

    Bro explained this to me better than my own history teachers 😂❤

  • @muhammadsukron6423
    @muhammadsukron6423 5 років тому +4

    The "spartaa" chant in background sound just made me feel rage.

  • @pschroeter1
    @pschroeter1 4 роки тому +2

    I love this format for history lessons.

  • @aryanswonderworld3256
    @aryanswonderworld3256 4 роки тому +2

    THIS...
    IS
    A really great lesson

  • @jamesgoodman5102
    @jamesgoodman5102 8 років тому +87

    +RocketPawnch
    00:25
    00:38
    01:03
    01:12
    01:38
    02:06
    03:16
    03:41
    03:55
    03:56

    • @sjoker27
      @sjoker27 8 років тому

      Hahahaha dude got it down to a t
      Hahaha

    • @jamesgoodman5102
      @jamesgoodman5102 8 років тому +2

      +Jake Roosenbloom
      you can't click on the timestamps to check until after you've posted them

    • @TurnOntheBrightLights.
      @TurnOntheBrightLights. 8 років тому +1

      +Jam Goodman Lol good shit, that was quick.
      Also SPARTA!

    • @ILotusI
      @ILotusI 8 років тому

      +Jam Goodman You nailed it bro.

    • @StrangeDad
      @StrangeDad 8 років тому

      +Jam Goodman Nice job! I would change 03:41 to 03:40 though, to give it some room. :)

  • @3dScience8
    @3dScience8 8 років тому +5

    Nice video!
    Please make more on Ancient Athens, Alexander the Great, Aristotle etc

  • @dropPlaydead
    @dropPlaydead 7 років тому +3

    This video gives me goosebumps. Besides the fact that many boys died during their training.

  • @lamb9968
    @lamb9968 7 років тому +3

    This is madness!!!!
    THIS...
    IS....
    SPARTA!!!!

  • @TurnOntheBrightLights.
    @TurnOntheBrightLights. 8 років тому +20

    I love how often this vid keeps saying SPARTA! We should start a timestamp chain of 'em.

    • @sjoker27
      @sjoker27 8 років тому

      Gets me too haha

    • @Robert-lb7jq
      @Robert-lb7jq 8 років тому +1

      +RocketPawnch Someone did that already,come back to this vid.

    • @TurnOntheBrightLights.
      @TurnOntheBrightLights. 8 років тому

      +Robert +Jake Roosenbloom Haha wow already!

  • @vikingwolf4328
    @vikingwolf4328 8 років тому +10

    Could you talk about the vikings or the life of norse people in scandinavia?

  • @immaguardianzoner
    @immaguardianzoner 7 років тому +2

    This is so helpful ! Thank you so much 😊😊!

  • @puteriqrahim9985
    @puteriqrahim9985 8 років тому +2

    I like how the spartan shouted the word sparta.They were like "SPARTA!!!"

  • @PunitaBhardwaj
    @PunitaBhardwaj 8 років тому +28

    this is SPARTAAAAAAA!

  • @boy638
    @boy638 8 років тому +738

    BUT.....do they have WiFi back then?

    • @siddharthakousik6118
      @siddharthakousik6118 8 років тому +75

      Only for the transgenders.

    • @stefann7144
      @stefann7144 6 років тому +4

      boy638 How do they live like this!?

    • @justinmarkrivera5092
      @justinmarkrivera5092 6 років тому +9

      hammerbomb bact tyen we used to throw rocks at rocks and then kick rocks at rocks, spit rocks at rocks and you get the idea, the best movie was always the front row seat of the wars.

    • @Zharque
      @Zharque 6 років тому +14

      Internet killed physical training culture

    • @orangesolarflare4228
      @orangesolarflare4228 6 років тому +2

      Ya....
      No

  • @Sheepo25
    @Sheepo25 6 років тому +3

    Another thing that many people forget about Sparta is that they had many, many slaves.
    The men and women described in this video were actually those of the upper class. The lower classes weren't raised this way and it was socially acceptable for rich Spartans to beat the poor and the slaves at any time that they felt like.

  • @pixocatl
    @pixocatl 8 років тому +5

    Gracias por tan excelente vídeo.

  • @user-sh7sy8wd9p
    @user-sh7sy8wd9p 8 років тому +99

    do one on Ancient Caliphate

    • @lynardramos5448
      @lynardramos5448 8 років тому +14

      +Tashfi Khan always beheading

    • @PicklePickle7
      @PicklePickle7 8 років тому +10

      +Lynard Ramos *sigh*

    • @CD-123
      @CD-123 7 років тому +4

      কোনো নাম নেই fuck islam

    • @ShehuStebe
      @ShehuStebe 6 років тому +2

      Daniel Peace your comment and name causes great irony

  • @jacksonreid4824
    @jacksonreid4824 8 років тому +49

    *WE ARE THE BORG- I MEAN SPARTA. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.*

    • @nettart4924
      @nettart4924 5 років тому +2

      *WE WILL ADD YOUR BIOLOGİCAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN. YOUR CULTURE WILL ADAPT TO SERVICE US. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.*

    • @aneggselentfellow5607
      @aneggselentfellow5607 4 роки тому +1

      r/unexpectedstellaris?

    • @jacksonreid4824
      @jacksonreid4824 4 роки тому

      @@aneggselentfellow5607 bruh this comment is 4 years old

  • @davidwilkerson1032
    @davidwilkerson1032 5 років тому +1

    Im loving this channel (Brazil)

  • @arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro2078
    @arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro2078 7 років тому +28

    Literally went to Google Translate and translated what the tombstones said.
    "Leonidas died in battle. YPG" (YPG? What?)
    "Helen died at childbirth. YO" (Uhhh...)

    • @Thebestusername-fy5sl
      @Thebestusername-fy5sl 7 років тому +2

      Yeah, unfortunately ancient Greek dialect is different to modern Greek dialect.

    • @giannisdrou1199
      @giannisdrou1199 6 років тому

      Ypg and uo are numbers probably the uear they died

    • @chrisgodliker
      @chrisgodliker 4 роки тому +1

      Even i being greek really dont know what it means

  • @tolaras1571
    @tolaras1571 Рік тому +15

    This was extremely accurate. Bravo . Also it was custom that no spartan could return from battle defeated . Other cities embraced this but Sparta had a saying ή ταν η επί τας (meaning that he shall return or a Victor or on his shield

  • @goldbristow7239
    @goldbristow7239 8 років тому +1

    It is a very violent, and harsh society But we gotta learn from them that it's important to be strong and capable of many things while staying resilient, And that makes a person well-rounded.

  • @ThatOldChalupa
    @ThatOldChalupa 8 років тому +2

    Great Video I have always been interested in spartan culture and your facts on them are explained very concisely. Also great music choice for the video. If you wouldn't mind sharing the name of this music choice that would be great. Seriously it really makes this video stand out! to me at least.

  • @juliennepdy
    @juliennepdy 8 років тому +10

    So, Spartans were literate but didn't believe in leaving behind records? Okay, that kind of confuses me a bit because isn't the point (or one of the points) of literacy to leave information behind that others can learn from?

    • @vecolaptor9574
      @vecolaptor9574 6 років тому +2

      even socrates didnt believe in written speech and leaving behind written literacy so that kind of ideology isnt that hard to believe even though i doubt the reasons the spartans had for doing it were the same

  • @myork9203
    @myork9203 7 років тому +52

    they were f***ing badass!!!

  • @AMEERHAMZA-gr2jj
    @AMEERHAMZA-gr2jj Рік тому +1

    Thanks for such informative knowledge

  • @vamshinarayana3119
    @vamshinarayana3119 5 років тому +1

    Wow..
    That was awesome
    Nice explanation
    And good animation..

  • @frankl7370
    @frankl7370 8 років тому +10

    What is the logic of malnutrition at a critical age for physical growth, to produce the strongest warrior? Surely, this practice hindered the potential for their warriors to reach full physical peak?

    • @4ur3n
      @4ur3n 4 роки тому

      it was more like short periods and not the whole time

    • @matthewsantos422
      @matthewsantos422 4 роки тому

      Bruh you think they knew that in like 100 B.C?

  • @pericanet
    @pericanet 8 років тому +34

    why no one wants to say that they were gay

    • @pericanet
      @pericanet 8 років тому +5

      Blitter Copper ha ha go to school again

    • @legendofthefall7082
      @legendofthefall7082 8 років тому +22

      +Blitter Copper dude I have Greek ancestry but even I can admit that a lot of Spartan Warriors were definitely gay. When fighting battles far away from Sparta they would often engage in homosexual acts to maintain morale. This is a widely recognized fact.

    • @legendofthefall7082
      @legendofthefall7082 8 років тому +4

      +Blitter Copper no because the Persian Kings would bring their entire court of gold, silver, jewelry, women, etc with them when they went off on a campaign. Spartans were excellent warriors who moved quickly, so they only brought minimal supplies and a few slaves with them on campaigns.

    • @legendofthefall7082
      @legendofthefall7082 8 років тому +4

      +Blitter Copper historum.com/ancient-history/71863-what-s-accurate-story-spartans-sexuality.html

    • @legendofthefall7082
      @legendofthefall7082 8 років тому +4

      +Blitter Copper there's tons of it if you're willing to look. Don't let your nationalism blind you.

  • @AMEERHAMZA-gr2jj
    @AMEERHAMZA-gr2jj Рік тому +1

    I like this channel very much.

  • @Riodel1
    @Riodel1 5 років тому +1

    The soundtrack is awesome

  • @hellenicnationalist7061
    @hellenicnationalist7061 7 років тому +4

    PROUD TO BE GREEK!

  • @shrikrishnajugtawat4639
    @shrikrishnajugtawat4639 7 років тому +13

    I really want to get that Spartan training and become like them. Anyone else?

    • @FidaAifiya
      @FidaAifiya 7 років тому +3

      me.

    • @shrikrishnajugtawat4639
      @shrikrishnajugtawat4639 7 років тому

      Giannis Balagiannis hey… hey… nobody demanded your intelligence. keep it to your self. ok!

    • @FidaAifiya
      @FidaAifiya 7 років тому

      Giannis Balagiannis i like history too but i havent really read about spartan training. I watched 300 :v

    • @averagetoad2802
      @averagetoad2802 6 років тому

      Mega Mind I kinda want it too but without the whipping

    • @ashutoshprakash3017
      @ashutoshprakash3017 6 років тому +1

      i would die the second i was born there

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769 6 років тому

    What a great place. Has anyone vacationed there? Are there all-inclusive package tours to Ancient Sparta?

  • @trulytrinh152
    @trulytrinh152 5 років тому

    This reminds me of 300 movie. The movie is about the battle of Thermopylae between King Leonidas vs Xexes of Persian Empire. This video pretty sums up the beginning of 300, about how Greek boys were trained at that time.

  • @user-se8mi2io1v
    @user-se8mi2io1v 8 років тому +10

    Do you know something about crypteia? Oh, this is a good tradition of Sparta. This little teen spartans were allowed to kill every slave, which in Sparta called helots, if they see him on a road. What a lovely tradition.

    • @ettoredangelo1744
      @ettoredangelo1744 8 років тому +1

      +Chuj Chujek That's not completely true. Crypteia was something like an exam: the young spartan had to kill the strongest of the heliots he could find before the new day after a week left nude in the mountains.
      Little problem for the young spartan: he could not use any kind of weapon

    • @user-se8mi2io1v
      @user-se8mi2io1v 8 років тому +4

      ettore d'angelo
      "The magistrates from time to time sent out into the country at large the most discreet of the young warriors, equipped only with daggers and such supplies as were necessary. In the day time they scattered into obscure and out of the way places, where they hid themselves and lay quiet; *but in the night they came down into the highways and killed every Helot whom they caught.*"
      -"Life of Lycurgus", Plutarch.

    • @thesecretlibrary890
      @thesecretlibrary890 4 роки тому

      @@user-se8mi2io1v
      Reason is, *they were still on war and didn't want slaves to rise up.*

  • @prakharchaudhary9797
    @prakharchaudhary9797 4 роки тому +3

    I heard that if a warrior in sparta died in battle, he would be carried on a shield.
    As they say Come with your shield or on it.

  • @mostafanouri1227
    @mostafanouri1227 8 років тому

    I love your channel!

  • @lydiawooldridge3359
    @lydiawooldridge3359 8 років тому

    A brilliant video!

  • @mlazos
    @mlazos 8 років тому +52

    Too much violence. No human rights. Spartans were brutal too. They fought for Greece occasionally as many other cities did. But overall they destroyed more than they built.

    • @TheMalappapas
      @TheMalappapas 8 років тому +8

      +mlazos can you name one city at the time that cared about human rights?

    • @mlazos
      @mlazos 8 років тому +9

      +Malappapas not the way we mean it now but all other cities were a lot better compared to Sparta. Science, philosophy and arts changed the world. Socrates was Athenian, Aristotle was Macedonian, Pythagoras from Samos, Archimedes from Syracuse, Sapho from Lesbos, Eratosthenes from Alexandria, etc etc. The people who created civilisation were not Spartans. So yes Sparta was about violence and war. New nations like USA might like violence but they are like children right now. Once you they grow older and become mature they will enjoy peace. My hero is Aristoteles because he changed the world. Im not a psychopath and i dont like violence.

    • @infernocop1009
      @infernocop1009 8 років тому +12

      +mlazos
      "New nations like USA might like violence but they are like children"
      The fuck does that even mean? You know those city states you're holding up on a pedestal were at war almost constantly, right?
      Public executions and invasion for no other reason than to conquer were standard the world over until the 20th century. Compared to the vast majority of history, modern countries are kinda peaceful.

    • @TheMalappapas
      @TheMalappapas 8 років тому +5

      mlazos You have a point. But athenians werent really the angels of ancient greece. See the peloponnisian war for exaple. Sparta teamed with other cities against athens because they were scared that athens had too much power on their hands (imagine that SPARTANS being afraid of athens). Some cities teamed with athens and others were forced to. Long story short athens lost the war. Spartas allies wanted to enter athens and burn it to the ground. Instead sparta signed peace with athens if they agreed to send their ships, take down their walls and have common enemies. Sparta werent the uncivilized brutes most people think they were. Simply sparta was based on honor (just like said in the video) and athens on development. Also philosophy and maths are not the main characteristics of civilization. They help advance a civilization. Sparta was a civilized town

    • @mlazos
      @mlazos 8 років тому +1

      +Muninn Huginn the Persians didn't appear as savages and also the story was written by Greeks, the Persian enemies. Also the modern historians use multiple sources. If you dont believe this video here, then why are you writing? The Spartans were not civilised. I like democracy not dictatorship. I dont want violence.

  • @josecolon289
    @josecolon289 2 роки тому +3

    I rather think that the exclusion of the Helots, and the Spartan coming of age test, being excluded is a bit of a disservice. Otherwise, this is a great video!

  • @redangel2730
    @redangel2730 6 років тому

    wow i've learned so much about spartans now

  • @dorisdady8758
    @dorisdady8758 4 роки тому +1

    Live or die that all there was to it, that must have been where the saying come from what doesn't kill you make you stronger

  • @sharktamer7306
    @sharktamer7306 7 років тому +454

    THIS...
    IS...
    a comment.

  • @samuraijackoff5354
    @samuraijackoff5354 5 років тому +4

    I was honored to fight along side these warriors against the wrath of the giant robot bull of darkness. Rest great warriors, you will be missed and never forgotten.

  • @maxjones817
    @maxjones817 4 роки тому

    This video helped my humanities class

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm 7 років тому

    amazing music..

  • @sapneshnaik
    @sapneshnaik 8 років тому +3

    Me - Screams "this is Sparta!!" in my mind