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“The Spartans’ unusual aggression probably arose from the atypical dual kingship, which would have set two ruling families against each other in efforts to be acclaimed the best in warfare, manliness, policy, and wealth.”
― Sparta At War: Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 550–362 BC
― Sparta At War: Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 550–362 BC
“Neither does his noble fame perish, nor his name, But although he is beneath the earth he is deathless.”
― Sparta At War: Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 550–362 BC
― Sparta At War: Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 550–362 BC
“The tight Spartiate oligarchy, the habitual privacy among messmates, periodic expulsions of foreigners from Lacedaemon (xenēelasia),32 and Spartans’ devotion to ‘laconic’ speech–their peculiar form of eloquence, substituting pithy responses for lengthy discussions–produced a security-minded secretiveness unusual in ancient Greece. Spartans could keep their own counsel. This, combined with a native penchant for deceit and craftiness, made the ruse de guerre a common feature of Spartan warfare.”
― Sparta At War: Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 550–362 BC
― Sparta At War: Strategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 550–362 BC
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