5 Barbaric Facts About The Spartans

[@ΒασίληςΟπλοποιάδης]

In ancient Greece it was big pride to die during a battle. This is why people were fearless, they wanted their names to be written in history! And they managed to do it. I am really proud to be Greek

[@ΒασίληςΟπλοποιάδης]

Wow clever boy, i know this since i was 5:p

[@AntwerpOg]

"a other" Yeah of course starxidia mou malaka.. Why don't you grow up and stop being an ignorant fuck already, let people be proud let people think what they want to think

[@Freyia935]

Benjamin Well then they stop fucking telling bullshit of how great their country is.

[@AntwerpOg]

Tom CMF Well why do you care? Are you not proud of your country? Greeks might not be proud of how their country is like right now. But the culture of the ancient Greeks is what lots of kids get teached about in schools, so let us be proud.

[@AntwerpOg]

***** Why do you even freaking care? Are you jealous because your ancestors didn't do anything that could make you proud? So fucking what man theres so much things going on in the world right now and you're caring about Greeks who are proud of their culture. Why don't you go to videos about turkish/albanian whatever culture? You will see people talking the same way about their country.

[@AlgisKemezys]

I heard they gave Superman a red cape because of the Spartans.

i hate superman! but i love spartans. Those two must not be related!!

[@theorenmaybee7927]

Richard Collins it means hope in kryptonions

[@energyvanquish]

Algis Kemezys yup! Spartans donated it cuz they felt bad for him

[@tlowrules]

Theoren Maybee He said the cape not the coat of arms. And no it symbolyses hope, it's not a letter nor a word.

[@tlowrules]

Algis Kemezys Most people didn't know about the Spartans around the year 1938. It's highly improbable.

[@blyat_horse156]

The funny part is that when the children are caught stealing, they don't get punished for stealing. Its for getting caught.

[@aaronbarnes2550]

this practice had a purpose it was to teach the child about stealth and covert to move without being seen or heard so when they are in a war the soldier can walk up to the enemy in silence and kill them or to scout the area in front of the army for enemy soldiers

[@karenfaulkner5922]

Sounds Like My Ma 😜

[@leonidasofsparta3811]

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@captainmcnuggets9459]

you were 60 when you died, your picture is a lie.

[@magiofthoth]

Leonidas of Sparta And your line is wrong, look it up, the language and tongue of the Spartans were choppy and blunt, like today's German and Russian mixed with the sentence structure of Aristotle and a 6th grader

[@skit6844]

Leonidas of Sparta THIS IS DEAD MEME

[@rengargodlike1038]

how dare you to say the name of almighty sparta with a profile picture of filfhy roman. Pussy.

[@davecihon3940]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheDanzomanzo]

'Return with your shield, or die on it.' This relates to the significance of the shield in Spartan warfare and as such, losing the shield at all was another huge disgrace. Not because it was valuable, but because the shield was used to protect other Spartans, as well as the wielder. Also, Spartans caught stealing wouldn't be flogged because they committed a crime, but because they had been caught.

[@jsphlml]

Coming home without your shield was disgraceful because typically you would if you were retreating you would drop your shield to run faster. I believe another example was coming home without blood on your blade.

[@TheDanzomanzo]

Nathan Spratley Yeah, lol. Spartans weren't always the most practical of people. Leaving blood on a blade is bad for it.

[@kemosabi2237]

TheDanzomanzo In the movie it said your shield protected the soldier on your left, just like the phalanx. I also thought it said in the movie it went...1 sword, 2 shield, 3 spear. Sure was a tough life, but you'd have a strong inner circle of citizens. Seems like every other person was a slave. Sounds like early Greek to me.

[@TheDanzomanzo]

kemo sabi223 Yeah, that's why it was the most important piece of equipment, and to be carried at all times. I think it was a very strong community, but only because it was no place for the weak.

[@TheDanzomanzo]

Nahodakk Well......yeah. Except we have a problem with people who steal and deceive. In Spartan culture, this was actually encouraged, but getting caught in the act was seen as incompetent. That's what they were punished for.

[@Xelipho]

Number 6: Spartans were kidnapped at age 6, replaced with a clone designed to die, so their families would think their child died, meanwhile, the UNSC trained the Spartans hard, and augmented their bodies, a process which would kill some, disable some, while only a handful survived. They would then be given armour, and sent on suicide missions at age 15, then through the rest of their life, they-wait a minute, this is the wrong type of Spartan.

[@steve.o33]

yes finally a halo reference.

[@martinsriber7760]

+Xelipho Only Spartans II were...

[@Xelipho]

Martin Šriber Does it matter? I got the point across, and people understand just fine, so I don't see the point of being a wet towel.

[@coltinyancey3671]

Pfft lol thanks for the chuckle

[@dikaioskyrios]

No, it was accepted at 7* they would go to the Agoge, not kidnapped. Mothers and Fathers accepted it. Get your facts right.

[@r.anthony8685]

Isn't it hillarious when someone calls Spartans "barbaric" ? 'Cause, you know, the original meaning of the word... !

[@Skerdy]

+Antonis Rountas Lol, yeah, thinking about it you're right... although, really, they *were* barbaric, that was one of my major problems with 300: I know history enough to say with conviction that Spartans were the Original Arseholes! I mean, I find it difficult to get engaged with the fate of some warriors from the Ancient Greece version of Nazi Germany. Persia was a much more free country than Sparta ever was or even wanted to be, and in the end they faded away 'cause they were so racist and they culled their population so much that they become irrelevant and no one gave a fuck about them anymore... ah, karma is a wonderful thing.

[@giannislampadoxitos9170]

+Skerdy Nazi.? Spartans? you r confused my friend spartans did not invade in 10 foreign countries and killed so many people kids and women mostly.... Spartans was the best fighting machine for at least 500 years. If a Spartan was going to kill children's instead of real warriors he would prefer to kill him self rather to disgrace his shield and sword. Don't be so ignorant think first and read many books of history to have an opinion about other people's history. I m guessing you are English and you are telling this things about spartans? do you know what your people have done in cyprus?

[@NoFuture396]

Barbaric meant.. barbaric. The saying was "all non-Greeks are barbaric", so unless they were going for a tautology "non-Greek" was the last thing they meant. The title is at the very least provocative; although everything could be construed as civilization, and therefore no society can ever be truly called barbaric, solutions derived from rational thinking and empirical knowledge are far more sophisticated than those stemming from morality and religion. What the Spartans did may have been cruel, but it worked, and that's all they were going for. So, pragmatic and devious, yes, barbaric and stupid, no.

[@Skerdy]

Ioannis Giannakaras I think I have to disagree with that. First, your point about the meaning of the word. Obviously you know (maybe unconsciously although you might not know the terms) the difference between *denotation* and *connotation*. Denotation is the literal (vocabulary) meaning of the word. Connotation is the idea and feelings associated with it: e.g. the "white dove" is just a bird, but the ideas of peace and love etc. cannot be denied when we mention the bird. That's why you're not going to see a horror movie or book with white doves to create suspence but you're going to a see a lot with crows... even, if you think about it, they are pretty similar birds. Same thing with, barbaric: it might have meant "non-Greek", but even in Roman times it had the connotation of "uncivilized behaviour", in fact, we talk now about barbaric behaviour when we talk about a certain type of behaviour and that has nothing to do with ethnicity... and that brings me to your second point, which was, and I quote: " So, pragmatic and devious, yes, barbaric and stupid, no." Really? How do you know? The only thing we know for sure about Sparta was that they were very religious, they despised other Greeks (especially the "effeminate" Athenians and the very much feared and enslaved Heliots) and anyone who wasn't Spartan, they despised philosophy, they despised knowledge beyond being able to read enough to comprehend orders, they despised innovation (they used the same identical tactics of old without a change, ever: they mocked the Athenians for using archers and for using their ships and they kept using the old lances even when Macedonians came up with a new version of the phalanx), they despised even work: everything in Sparta was done by Heliots, Spartans only trained! In fact, can you point me out *ONE* single thing they built who survived? One single Spartan heritage? One single invention? One single new idea? No, you cannot, because they didn't build, or invent or even think: they lived to kill and that's the only thing they did... *for centuries*. And you are telling me we cannot call these people "barbaric and stupid" because they spoke Greek?! You don't say?!

[@InteriorGaming]

But they did enslave and terrorize their own neighbors. Persia was famous for letting the conquered nations do whatever they wanted, as long as they paid tribute. Persia wasn't actually the "bad guy". The Spartans were brutal as hell. All of the above said, I still love the Spartan ideals.

[@pavelow67]

it's no wonder they were so good at war

[@Orusthar]

+ULTRAMAN They lost only from Thebes.... ONLY!

[@pavelow67]

Theodore Kon what that supposed to mean

[@Orusthar]

ULTRAMAN Τhat they were great mate!

[@pavelow67]

Theodore Kon who thebes

[@Orusthar]

ULTRAMAN Come on mate, Thebes the city :) That city is close to Thermopylae.

[@waveman0]

*This is where we hold them *This is where we fight *This is where THEY die -Earn these shields boys -Oh-ha *Remember this day men, it will be yours for all time -Spartan's lay down your weapons *Persians come and get them -HOLD *Give them nothing, but take from them EVERYTHING -Steady -Push -Is that the best you can do -Push -NO PRISONERS *NO MERCY

[@cob2265]

WTF??

[@mwjd8112]

@@cob2265 its from the film 300 at the first battle scene

[@SinShanGenshin]

-Is there no one else?!

[@bMPtuning01]

Give them nothing but take from them EVERYTHING

[@Xrhstos1926]

AUM

[@Top5s]

Who stayed for the awesome ending? :)

[@nicholaspratt8473]

meh :P

[@murkus3301]

Me of course

[@gamer-gc2pi]

Heck yeah.

[@Top5s]

Awesome!

[@fleabite2000]

Top5s cool mate

[@nespokesman]

I never really thought about it but being a Spartan really sucked.

[@Top5s]

O yeah! Brutal life

[@nicholaspratt8473]

well how would you have liked living it like me. thats not me exaggerating "oh my life is so horrible I'm a spartan bleh bleh" no I actually lived this lifestyle get rekt

[@123rikin]

Nicholas Pratt Can I be you?!

[@nicholaspratt8473]

HydrogenIsOne sry to bad XP

[@123rikin]

Nicholas Pratt Sarcasm buddy.

[@ExileDii]

Barbaric fact : Spartan women were educated ... Go Sparta.

[@ShiromaruSenju]

And children were forced to kill each other...... animals

[@Chroma710]

ShiromaruSenju Not each other,they didn't want to lose potential soldiers,they killed Helots(slaves) for training,and they only did it once at the age of 16.

[@shumonalom4076]

D'Slamm And Spartans liked young boys, a bit too much.

[@654Crossman]

ShiromaruSenju no. They were expected to fight each other to gain comradery. Something boys are deprived of today. I used to fight with my best friends all the time. It made us stronger and let us know how much each was capable of in a bad situation. Just cause you claim to be male with a vagina, doesn't mean all boys do.

[@654Crossman]

Yul Hubbart everybody did that back then. You conquer a country, you fuck the bloodlines out of existence. But greeks of all tribes are actually seeing the pure blood come back due to how nationalist we are. It's a beautiful thing and our culture is the only one strong enough to see this happen after 2000 years.

[@thespartan5267]

all Spartans like the comment

[@azazel166]

Are you sure you are one?

[@ANTONY-tv9mk]

Που μένεις

[@DESIBOY-fe7nm]

Im not a spartan, but liked ur comment

[@danielhawkins9717]

Orah Warriors from birth and until the end

[@danielhawkins9717]

Uber Super Everything OOOF OOOF!!!!!

[@KkkittT]

I read somewhere that a spartan never throws his spear, only when it's broken because a spear is the second best weapon a spartan has.

[@KkkittT]

*****​​ well no, in this video, it shows him throwing his spear. Which is just wrong, the spear is their main weapon and isn't really made to be thrown. It's more valuable to use to stab then to throw it.

[@JBroAC]

That fighting technic was mostly Filipino and not Spartan or any Greek for that matter which is why the movie was wrong. Still awesome though lol

[@georgekata4905]

kit p And their shields

[@KkkittT]

Γιώργος Καταχιώτης their shields is their second main weapon, they used their spears more, the shields are for protection. The hoplites fight from a distance first (their spears were made for thrusting at a few feet away) and then it was close combat.

[@georgekata4905]

I know, I know

[@indianmota]

We need spartans in westeros....

[@locomastero]

You have unsolid.

[@bullman3602]

+Niall Smith they were badass at first but then they were shit

[@ragingpotato4093]

+Niall Smith True. True.. I would love to see that coming.

[@birbbirb6078]

Unsullied boii

[@mrpumperknuckles1631]

We need Spartans now lol they wouldn't put up with these Muslim extremists who are killing our people. If they kill any Spartans the Sparta nation would probably call to war and have a holy war against Israel or kill off the Isis threat like its there destiny.

[@SondaLovesElly26]

"Return with your shield... or on it" 💪🏾

[@omg933112]

the western world could use some spartan ideals. weve become weaklings.

[@Felix-ot9sk]

+Dragoon Z Yes, and we have the ultra brave social justice warriors. You know, the people who get PTSD from their bravery in cyber warfare, the people who fight with just as much courage as a soldier in Afghanistan...

[@michaeldog123ful]

+Albo Solidarietas Yes lets make us murder eachother as a final test

[@omg933112]

michaeldog123ful you dont know how to read do you? or are you just purposely miss-interpreting what im saying?

[@Felix-ot9sk]

michaeldog123ful He said "spartan ideals," not make every aspect of our society just like Sparta.

[@Frostta4583]

Key board warrior

[@shagohod666]

easily my favorite ancient warrior.

[@Pizza4Lunch]

Vikings all the way.

[@shagohod666]

yeah they are really good to

[@Johnny3Strom6Death]

Assyrians

[@maririos8783]

***** No not really vikings fought fiercely while most greeks relied on armor. By the way i have nothing against greek since they hired Briton mercenaries.

[@lesserlecher]

W3lsh DragonX7X Actually, greeks relied on tactics...

[@zikkicharade]

Proud to be Greek from Cyprus

[@markw6586]

Someone should start a Spartan childcare facility, kids are wrapped up in cotton wool these days and are unprepared for the real world when they become adults.

[@johnwicksfoknpencil]

Is this how you were raised, as a Spartan? And we're you ill-prepared for the world?

[@giozov]

Yes in today's world we really need more socially stunted killers.... i don't understand silly comments like yours ancient societies are so alien from what we are now they can't prepare you for the "real world"

[@markw6586]

Dismal_Trauma 86 Obviously you havent an once of humour in your whole body, i was taking the piss simple as that.

[@SaintSC05]

"What I said was really stupid so it was actually a joke."

[@markw6586]

No it was a joke and if you found it stupid so be it, agree to disagree, i find it even more funny you all have taken offence, shallow little pool you were derived from obviously!

[@badfoody]

Spartans are like the European Samurai. meaning their reputation is highly romanticized

[@thethinker5637]

And overrated.

[@kolo5836]

actually the greek spartan s were the most effective and strongest fighting force in ancient times around from 500bc to when the romans took over. in the battle of thermopyle only 300 greek Spartans held off againt the whole persian army for about 2 weeks. they were not underrated

[@badfoody]

ok then I said Romanticized, not Overrated. ROMANTICIZED

[@Ninjaananas]

+badfoody are they? I thought everyone knows that they wheren't really nice people.

[@badfoody]

Ninjaananas Romanticized like they stood for justice and honor. Nah these guys were mad pragmatic killers. granted in the early days they treated the helots well and they were more about going against the self righteous hypocrisy of Greece. It all eroded away as time went by

[@xanwmeres1077]

Greece was so powerful and honourable. This is Sparta

[@Zino95]

I bet all these Sparta fanboys didn't even know where Sparta was before the saw the movie xD

[@rangermcfriendly7082]

Creterix You're probably right. I can sleep easy knowing I didn't learn about the Spartans from the movie 300.

[@mechinnum5702]

Ranger McFriendly 300 is based off a comic book based on the story. The real thing was very very...nude-like with cocks swinging everywhere while stabbing Persians in the face.

[@rangermcfriendly7082]

And lots of decorating with blue carpet and gold curtain rods.

[@georgekata4905]

Creterix haha exactly!

[@strangevideos3048]

Creterix Talk to American fanboys! All world know for Spartans! We learn in school who the Spartans are!

[@diedonthevine]

Real Men.

[@nunomartins2209]

Gay too

[@sandycheekz4692]

Afonso Martins homosexuality was punishable by death or exile in Ancient Sparta. Look up the “Laws of Lycurgus” and how the Ephors usurped power from the two Spartan kings. Lycurgus was a quasi-legendary figure that reshaped the society of Lacedaemon (Sparta). His laws, which Spartan society was based upon, deemed homosexuality illegal. There was probably still homosexuals in Sparta but they were rare because... it was illegal, and the punishment was severe.

[@nunomartins2209]

@@sandycheekz4692 no

[@sandycheekz4692]

@@nunomartins2209 I mean at first, homosexuality was probably acceptable within Sparta. But once Lycurgus' laws went into effect, it was pretty rare to find a gay man within Sparta (you got killed for being gay...) You gotta understand that Sparta was very unique to the rest of the Greek city-states; women were athletic and educated in a world that otherwise didn't give a damn about females, their entire society was based around the military... but I only studied ancient Greek civilization for four years, da fuq do I know lol :)))

[@nunomartins2209]

@Demy Troy I am not gay, they wete

[@yurisucupira]

The spartan way of life was pretty impressive, no doubt about that. But I wonder if this militarism-oriented culture wasn't what ended up making Sparta vanish on the trails of human history. Look at the athenians: they focused on education, culture, science... and their city lasted 'til nowadays. Athens is the capital city of Greece.

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

Indeed, but Spartans die fighting for that culture, science and education...

[@fmatroopah9674]

War/military culture was the major concept in the old days But later died off as the world wanted to progress in a peaceful positive manner by only focusing on education, fixing and discovering the worlds problems and secrets to everyday life But the term still remains today - "Only the strong survive" as in mentally and physically

[@yurisucupira]

+FmA Troopah But, you see, athenians seemed to already know this since those old days, so many centuries ago, thus they focused on education, culture, science et cetera. They focused on what we focus nowadays, while spartans literally lived for war, being ready to fight anytime.

[@fmatroopah9674]

+Yuri Sucupira yes they did, there discoveries and achievements has helped a lot of problems today and things can be taught from what they recorded back then I'm not saying military culture is inefficient, because we definitely need it to defend our country and to help allies Like how we do now But we don't need a military for everything because it doesn't deal with every concept of today

[@yurisucupira]

FmA Troopah Yup, I too believe that having some armed forces is necessary. Even Iceland, which is a very peaceful country and does not have a standing army, has its coast guard and a very small group of 3 military ships and airplanes "just in case". I served myself as a staff sergeant in the air force for 8 years. But this is nowadays' world, where armed forces, though necessary, are only one part of society (just like athenians had their armed forces but is was only part of their society, I mean, they also had education, philosophy etc. and focused on these things). I'm under the strong impression that if spartans had paid more attention to the athenian way of life they would've resisted through the trails of history, too. When you focus only on military training and thus become e.g. the one who has the best spear army or the best army of archers on the planet, you might succeed for a while, but in the meantime your enemy e.g. develops more advanced weapons and then later defeats you anyway, thus you vanish and unfortunately all the military discipline and culture you developed is probably lost, too, which I believe is a pity. Anyway, that's how things happened and there's no going back. It would be intersting if Spart was still a standing (though contemporary) city. Would probably be one of the most visited places on Greece.

[@DC2GR]

Look thru history (Greek) and you would see that the greeks where always engaged on some kind of military action. Only since 1974 Greeks have enjoyed peace. Always defended the righteous with their blood. Even when they had the chance and option not to. PROUD TO BE GREEK 🇬🇷.

[@georgeevangel4292]

DC2GR Greece had no choice WW2 Prime minister was awoken at 4AM and told to surrender Prime Minister's reply was "OXI" NO Greece did not chose war

[@nickpapoutsides8046]

@@georgeevangel4292 in WW2 we won against the Italians but lost against Germans

[@georgeevangel4292]

@@nickpapoutsides8046 We lost but gave them a beating It wasn't walk in the park for the NAZIs they lost many men.Read his May 3,1941 speech to the Reichstag

[@nickpapoutsides8046]

@@georgeevangel4292 nice

[@aravindpillai6726]

U r awesome man....! All your videos are cool ..!

[@Top5s]

Thanks Man!

[@GraveyardDave19]

Great video. Can you do one on the Vikings, Saxons, or Celts??

[@stephiebug]

Yes, please!

[@legendofthefall7082]

Also Persians would be cool

[@frankwilson299]

+TheCompulsiveWinner Persian only drop like flies no wants to see that

[@legendofthefall7082]

Frank Wilson Yeah because you definitely create one of the largest empire in the history of mankind by "dropping like flies". Sure buddy.

[@donnyallez3890]

Frank Wilson wow that was ignorant

[@antoniossfakiotakis5030]

Hellenic and Barbaric are meanings that do not coexist Πας μη Έλλην Βάρβαρος

[@muzzamiri9154]

I'm persian.... so this is awkward for me.

[@QM571]

Well... Look who's empire is still strong

[@KaaxItzam]

UndeadCookieMonster Actually, the Spartans were extremely cautious when going to war. Athens on the other hand often rushed into war. While caution is definitely not the same as cowardice, Sparta and Athens both had their share of humiliating defeats like Sphactiria and The siege of Syracuse respectively. Sparta was even defeated by a weaker state than Athens: Thebes.

[@KaaxItzam]

UndeadCookieMonster Astonishingly, the Thebans defeated the Spartans on land in the battle of Leuctra. The Thebans utilised an entirely homosexual elite known as the sacred band as a counter. I apologize if it looked like I was trying to say that the Athenians did defeat the Persians single-handedly.

[@AriyaMehr]

UndeadCookieMonster well persians did defeat spartans so...go fuck yourself

[@AriyaMehr]

greece was states and wasnt a single country and they didnt work together persians managed to defeat the spartans but failed to defeat the other greeks.

[@RubenBJJ96]

Persian: A thousand nations of the Persian empire will descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun! Stelios: Then we will fight in the shade.

[@debbiemccarthy3864]

love your voice x

[@Top5s]

Debbie McCarthy Thanks Debbie!

[@Captainkeys88]

Top5s cool background music also.

[@blackx1432]

Top5s can you give the name of the background music please that would be awesome!

[@blackx1432]

Top5s can you give the name of the background music please that would be awesome!

[@nielsdenbesten1852]

Marry it.

[@officialthunder3470]

Spartans are why I'm proud to be even 1/2 Greek.

[@MrDragada]

***** on other world USA rules xD

[@molonlabecongr3226]

I don't know what that is and I honestly don't give a fuck. I'm gonna get that attitude of joining the PMC to take down as many bankers as I can. MURICA BITCHES.

[@justinc2633]

Spartans are truly amazing, the most highly trained modern soldiers wouldnt stand a chance against them in melee combat. The way the spartans were bread for war makes them incredible at what they did, very few soldiers in history could come close

[@mtlmenace8590]

i can only think of the viking could compete against the spartans other then that noppe they the finest

[@ernestweaver9720]

An MMA could easily waste a Spartan.

[@justinc2633]

@@ernestweaver9720 definitely not

[@alabamagreaser]

I own stacks of DVD/documentaries pertaining to the ancient Spartans and this video is probably The best thing I have seen the subject.

[@ForeverRepublic]

I'm so glad I was born in the 21st century.

[@C9796-h6y]

They never knew any different

[@IanGeorgiadis]

Barbaric? Really? Compared to the modern standards of western societies, maybe. But this was almost 2500 years ago. Compared to the rest of the non-greeks of their time, spartans were much more civilized.

[@samswann3727]

people always like to compare historic cultures events to nowadays, rather than back then, when these things where commonplace, abd if you are brought up and surrounded by these things how could.you know that they are wrong.

[@havales1205]

It was the only way to survive.

[@kemixxx7]

Civilized? They owned slaves and lived a brutal life of violence from the day of their birth to their death. Compared to other Greeks, like Athenians for example who valued intelect over strenght, they were anything but civilized

[@IanGeorgiadis]

Cemo67 "Compared to the rest of the non-greeks of their time"!!! The civilized Athenians also had slaves. They also took advantage of their allies in order to strengthen their position and basically steal everybody's money. But my initial comparison was to non-greeks.

[@artoruvidal2793]

@Marvalontal Not for fun but for training

[@deathstrike]

As I said before in a previous blog, the two men who missed out on the battle of Thermopylae one did indeed hang himself, the other did redeem himself as a Spartan, but was not conveyed honors but at least his family did not suffer a lifetime of disgrace. The reason is he recklessly charged the enemy formation and did not follow commands to fight alongside his men as is Spartan custom to fight as a collective unit. He died in the battle of Plataea against the Persian army. On a side note, Spartan children who were not considered suitable were often picked up and raised by the Helots, the very same people that made Spartan society function.

[@thespiritoftheharvestmoon4536]

Spartan, not Spar'n.

[@mikeock3164]

hahahah Sparn

[@T-W-M]

Accents exist my friend

[@GreeceCombination]

Barbar means non-Greek. from a greek spartan

[@ΚωσταςΓρηγοροπουλος-ψ8β]

тнє нoє кιllαz that was actually true in the ancient greek world then the meaning changed

[@unknownx783]

Barbarian means someone that doesn't speak greek

[@davewest4020]

Tassos Gaming spartans are illyrians and there land is in illyria

[@GNOSHTV]

@@unknownx783 and no is Greek people

[@Gkogkas]

Non-Spartan not non-Greek

[@ApparitionGuitar]

i never understood why the guy next to him fell too at 6:50

[@AJediKnight1]

Maybe they were holding hands and the other guy pulled him over.

[@MrJH101]

Siamese twins, obviously.

[@verdan6098]

They were in love.

[@hihowareya5221]

lol

[@thomasalvarez6456]

An invisible arrow fired by Apollo

[@RiCkStAr911]

This is awesome mate keep it up!

[@usamamorgan2117]

A Spartans shield was everything, if after battle he returned home without it, he would be accused of dumping it as he was fleeing from his enemies.Then his own people will not hesitate to kill him.

[@gralltom3567]

Usama Morgan unslaved films / Stefan channels

[@anityyu]

That scene at the end was pretty cool!

[@pollypoopoo7]

I fucking hate how they don't wear their iconic hoplite Armour in 300, just so females could have a reason to watch....

[@chizoioioi]

It worked

[@michaeldog123ful]

+Chris Handsome Well the movie is based off of a comic. Don't ask for much

[@deepsouthredneck1]

+jpc1918 They were probably short, malnourished, and skinny but tough as nails. Much like Mongolians who lived similarly harsh lives.

[@Amaya181]

I would've still watched it even with the Spartans wearing their armor.

[@azazel166]

Well 300 is based on a comic, not actual historical events(which were all written by Herodotus, after gathering info from witnesses).

[@justin2308]

It was a rough life from our POV, but nonetheless they were true warriors who definitely earned their reputation as such.

[@tracker113]

Ironic title, considering that "Barbarian" was a Greek term, which reffered to anyone who didn't speak Greek...

[@Gkogkas]

@@leakaderova8557 Idiot Slav.The Dorians was in today's Makedonia Epiro Thessaly and Thrace.In Balkas was just the Greeks nowone else.Thracians Illyrians Dacians Makedonians Thessalyans Epirotans Minoans Etruscans Spartans Ionians Philistines Phoenicians and some more was Greek city states.

[@georgeevangel4292]

Romans also used the term to anyone who did not speak Latin or Greek.

[@tqdinh2]

Bravery is the strength of Sparta

[@414MrMilwaukee]

King Leonidas: You there, what is your profession? Free Greek-Potter: I am a potter... sir. King Leonidas: And you, Arcadian, what is your profession? Free Greek-Sculptor: Sculptor, sir. King Leonidas: Sculptor. King Leonidas: You? Free Greek-Blacksmith: Blacksmith. King Leonidas: SPARTANS! What is YOUR profession? Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH! King Leonidas: You see, old friend? I brought more soldiers than you did

[@whitetigarc]

holy fuck man.. im so glad i was born during these times.

[@wedmunds]

Damn they sure know how to selectively breed.

[@Puistokemisti]

Many many years ago, when Persia came ashore Heeding Leonidas' call, the spartans went to war Joined by their brothers, a few against the fateful horde Hellenic hearts are set aflame, the hot gates calls their name A final stand, stop the persians, spear in hand Form a wall, live to fall, and live forever Sparta! Hellas! Then, and again. Sing of three hundred men Slaughter! Persians! Glory and death, spartans will never surrender Morning has broken, today they're fighting in the shade When arrows blocked the sun they fell, tonight they dine in hell By traitor's hand, secret passage, to their land Know his name, know his shame will last forever

[@marioszlatanos6344]

Sabaton ... Ma man :D

[@t3rm1nat0rxii2]

Η ΚΥΠΡΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ!!!! 1...2...3... ΠΑΜΕ ΟΛΟΙ ΜΑΖΙ: ΓΑΜΙΕΤΑΙ Η ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ!!!

[@jeune_turc9404]

It's called tough and manly when Greeks do it. But suddenly, it's barbaric when Mongols do the same.

[@dukes2874]

its barbaric. cause the word barbaric means "non greek". are you ok now?

[@AimanIqbal]

mann. never seen such dedication by a large no. of people

[@FireStormBaller]

Top 5 facts. "Although this is a myth." "This might be a myth." "This is a myth." "Myth." More like top 5 myth.

[@theobvu]

BC = Spartans,Persians : "Damn I want to join either of them" TODAY = Greek,Iranians "Hell naw" Fuck that shit! See the difference?

[@xanikarasl2rc]

+jpc1918 im greek and I could not agree more

[@WinterUltimate]

I'm Greek and an archaeologist too, so I'm telling u that Spartans weren't barbaric, they were just a very close society that didn't like strangers (it's called ξενηλασία) and gave great importance to the "art of war". Also never forget that in Sparta they gave high social status to women! which is something that we don't see in many societies today, in the 21st century, so don't be hasty to judge

[@WinterUltimate]

***** Name a question about my antecedents

[@leas699]

This is why we Greeks are so proud . This is why we never surrender as a nation . Because we honor our ancestors and we look up to them .

[@christosbinos8467]

Wait... So this video is talking about non-Greek facts about the Spartans?

[@cq33xx58]

+Panth Mantheon very few understand what you saying

[@christosbinos8467]

+cq33xx I was aware of that when making the comment.

[@christosbinos8467]

+cq33xx έπρεπε να το περίμενα πως ήσουνα Έλληνας. Δύσκολο το βρίσκω να καταλάβει ένας ξένος τι έλεγα... Καλημέρα από Σίδνεϊ φίλε μου.

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

+Panth Mantheon Do you play League of legends? i ask because your name reminds me of a character that you can play as.

[@christosbinos8467]

+johnny elkins Pantheon. Haven't been playing lately, but yes, I do.

[@hansgregoryumbac9879]

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!

[@whazzuphere]

If anyone ever invents a time machine, I'd like to go back in time and sell some AK-47s to the Heliots.

[@juliem.5027]

I really love ur videos, very educational and some are so creepy! I can't help but watch every week

[@dilarab8416]

Just a day after i held my presentation about sparta i see this video 😑

[@AFdx2]

Dilara B hahah

[@jackiefrear9529]

They put names on stones of mother that died in child birth a died in battle because the were both considered giving your live for the state. I know 'cause im a time traveler

[@PS3GamerSyKe]

that ending was epic!

[@tyeriley9782]

you should watch 300

[@PS3GamerSyKe]

+Tye Riley yes! I have. it's a great movie.

[@andreiclauna7934]

+PS3GamerSyKe great movie right now watch the part 2 rise of an empire then skip to 52:00 then continue watching hahahahhahahaha lolxd

[@doarner]

Thanks Top5s, we were thirty of knowledge, and YOU GAVE US SOMETHING TO DRINK!!

[@thewr0ngchild]

Sparta actually treated it's women better than it's men! they thought logically, treat women well, and the women will give birth to good sons. In other parts of Greece at the time women were treated as little more than the property of men, so being a Spartan woman was actually very good for the times!. They had the logical thought that everyone comes from women, and treated women well.

[@thewr0ngchild]

***** You would not have had it much better as a Greek peasant. You would probably have been a slave, well used to the smell of poo, lol.

[@FLUTTERNINJA]

well i'd rather die creating life then destroying it

[@LeBellmont]

It's interesting to say the least. Men as tools of warfare and Women essentially as resource assets. Athens is off mastering its Naval strategems and reflecting on humanity while Spartans virtually cattle themselves to being some sort of apex predator. lol

[@pinolacleo2940]

Because only spartan women give birth to real men.

[@mafbloggerdanny]

thewr0ngchild she is right. in Athens, the city state commonly looked to as the example democracy, progressiveness and egalitarianism, women were actually treated like shit. They had no property rights, no inheritance, they couldn't vote, they couldn't speak in courts of law, the only jobs they were allowed to do was cook and wash clothes they couldn't have an actual craft or trade like pottery or artisanry. Some of the most famous Athenian playwrights commonly depicted women in their stories as duplicitous, stupid, horny or sex-obsessed, untrustworthy and selfish. In Sparta however, the wives were basically trusted to handle the financial affairs of the household because the men were usually on campaign or living in the barracks a lot. Women had to manage the household slaves, sell the crops or cattle and buy whatever grain or supplies were needed. Because every Spartan was given a plot of land to farm by the state, that meant every Spartan wife had quite a bit of responsibility. It's also a myth that Spartans were poor. Although they lived simple lives, most spartans were actually quite wealthy but in that society it was considered distasteful to live a flashy, wealthy lifestyle. Women were given a lot more respect and although they were not part of the Gerousia and could not actually vote on the laws of the city, they did "have a vote" not a literal one, but meaning they "had a say" in virtually all other aspects of Spartan life.

[@christosalchazof4745]

Έλληνες παντού..όσα χρόνια και αν περάσουν,ακόμα και αν χαθούμε από προσώπου γης,η ιστορία μας θα είναι αυτή που θα σας θυμίζει τι εστι ΕΛΛΗΝ!

[@creamyfilling1788]

THIS!!!!!IS!!!!!!!SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nicholaspratt8473]

no -_- don't do that. That movie kind of offends me cause its so ridiculous

[@maririos8783]

Nicholas Pratt Why is that so offensive?

[@hardstock07]

The last scene tells it all about the Spartans, that's my favorite scene from the 300!

[@aaronbarnes2550]

that one of the reason the usa dropped the a-bomb on japan the president hoped by doing this the Japanese would surrender to protect the emperor's life, if not they only other way was to take it over and that meant invading japan which would be insane to do because every Japanese person male, female, child, adult, or old was mobilizes to protect japan and to serve the emperor.

[@Hanzohattori1512]

As much as I admire their military skills... I gotta hate to live their shitty lives

[@davidlucey543]

Amen. That movie "300" wherein the Spartan king proclaimed he led an army of "free men" against the Persian tyrant is bullshit. On a moral level Xerxes and Leonides were the same.

[@panostz3026]

Whoever is Greek click "like"

[@jamsheedplays]

There's no like

[@samiwais868]

Panos Tzelepopoulos I wish I was Greek

[@PROLIFIC_TRAVELS]

well they are the greatest fighters evver

[@AeroSimmer]

Two things about this video made it amazing. It was about Spartans, and you put the best scene from 300 at the end. LOVE your vids :)

[@Epyrian04]

Cool video, though damn you're butchering those Greek words. holy moly!

[@Mordal1222]

Did you know? When Spartans conquered the land that would later be known as Italy, their battle cry was changed to "This is PASTA!"

[@tonymorales428]

I Bless God

[@DesertEagles007]

I'm such a Halo dork, I saw SO many similarities with the Halo Spartans and real ones

[@HyusKays]

Because you know why? Coz THIS IS SPARTAN!!!

[@Ninjaananas]

No, THIS IS MADNESS!

[@AJediKnight1]

+Ninjaananas Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!

[@RandomAussieEmu]

I am a mark V armoured spartan and to be honest this is very wrong as Spartans never die.

[@lesterkoridon1455]

Halo huh😂😉... perhaps you're interested in joining my spartan company

[@alancraddock5020]

Well that's informative well done ,makes me think that if anyone in this modern world treated kids like that all sorts of hell would break loose Trying to get modern kids away from their video games ,get them outside to do something ,even catching pokemons ,we'll shows how flabby and useless society has become ,without a chance of anyone being able to do something without computers or the nanny state . We are here because people had to be brave and strong. Kudos to the Spartans ,and all those who actually fought to get us here , I'm guessing our legacy to the future generations will be tons and tons of plastic machines X boxes and playstations full of imaginary monsters , no one will be able to explain , sad world indeed

[@aetank_yyteawu3436]

Well they left out the percentage of kids who died trying to complete Agoge. I mean of course hell would break loose. Hell over 70 percent of tough warriors can't even complete BUD/S, I can't imagine the amount of kids that died trying to completed the Agoge. Hell Spartan woman had the honor to have their name on a grave stone if they died during childbirth. It sounds like they were popping children left and right, especially since citizenship was only for actual spartan people from bloodlines and you could only serve if you were a citizen.

[@brookemeekis3987]

I don't get why people hate history classes, I love history. It's so fascinating. We don't have history classes at my school which sucks but this channel is kind of like my own history class at home 😂

[@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΒΟΣΚΑΚΗΣ]

Greece NEVER lose remember this.. Italy Germany albania bulgary turkey lose from us... We dont forget we are ready for the next defence u Will NEVER take the greece from us

[@emrecanguner4344]

lol this greek

[@balddonaldcerrone7930]

Yea man yous have been owned more than oncd

[@Keeter101]

Is this the same Greece that's bankrupt?

[@YY-ug9mv]

Turkey conquered greece and hold it for 700 years,wtf you talk about?So Did Romans.

[@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΒΟΣΚΑΚΗΣ]

Hahaha cry my friend u were 1000000 million we 2 million and we take the greece BACK from u boy

[@Max-ek3kf]

1 Barbaric Fact About The Spartans: 1. Child abuse.

[@harshavardhansanka2886]

really awesome explanation

[@mrclarkson3812]

My wife and I have 7 sons,they would of love us in Sparta...

[@joshuanavarro6113]

They didn't know how to farm, this lead to their downfall lmao, it's funny to think that their badass warriors but they couldn't farm lol

[@bbarbapappa595]

El Navarjo noo they could it was often the women tho,Spartans had respect for women more than many old tribes.

[@raynes6286]

El Navarjo They didn't need to farm, they had 20x more slaves than Spartans. Obviously this system eventually failed.

[@joshuanavarro6113]

sam raynes that's my point

[@joshuanavarro6113]

Obama no another civilization conquered their slaves and they turned against them, the Spartans never learned to they eventually fell

[@notcamer0n]

El Navarjo It wasn't the slaves and lack of farming that was the issue. It was the petty wars between city-states. The Peloponnesian war ended with Sparta winning and defeating Athens, but every city-state was extremely weak due to it. Which means the Macedonians could coast in and conquer them; ending the city-states' independence and unifying them under one government

[@kidnotorious904]

its alexander the great who destroyed the Persian empire

[@Clouddddxjzjs552]

Very interesting, thanks for posting!

[@grinningchicken]

Spartans basically made themselves miserable by being obsessed with war and made the lower castes miserable by terrorizing them. Then because they had mistreated the lower castes were forced to continually prepare for them to revolts. That's awful not badass. Like ancient North Korea

[@jsphlml]

Society was different back then, you can't compare today's accepted culture to theirs.

[@jsphlml]

I'm not saying it wasn't, but that sort of treatment wasn't as disgusting as it is now days. That's what made Sparta such a formidable fighting force

[@grinningchicken]

Nathan Spratley Other people were quite formidable without resorting to those sorts of extremes and having the entire society soley devoted to military.

[@jsphlml]

But not to that extent

[@DaKingKush1]

Medieval Russia with their serf population more like it.

[@abitofall578]

Well, be grateful to them because we would be one with Asia...

[@dolfyhilter577]

Wouldn't that be nice? Because then we could civilized your asses

[@kiwilegend6055]

@@dolfyhilter577 fuck up

[@Marko-od7eb]

All facts are wrong and totally out of context. This is what happenes when you watch too much movies like 300 and do superficiall research about Lacedemonians.

[@winning77th]

tribe of dan living in the land jovan, spartans and trojans. Lambda Lambda Lambda from revenge of the nerds 1984

[@kaliboo60]

I'm a Spartan! And proud of it!

[@Menselot]

Spartans did all this things because they was forced by the beginning of their civilization just to syrvive

[@alexandrosgrivas4406]

the thing about spartans being gay is actually not true it was propaganda from other city states

[@timurthelamest5630]

It is more likely true. Most Greek states practiced homosexuality and the Spartans among a few other city-states practiced pedophilia.

[@kroex3868]

+Timur the Lame Wrong, while the Spartans accepted strong relationships amongst adult men and youthful boys, pedophilia or "pederasty" as it was called back then, was considered an abomination. This was said by Xenophon.

[@kroex3868]

+Alexandros grivas In Spartan culture and Greek culture in general, homosexuality did exist, although the "passive" male was usually subject to social stigma. This was because being the "passive" member was related with femininity and "being a woman", which obviously wasn't seen as very "manly".

[@Laurens735]

Alot of keyboard warriors here lol i think nobody would to like to be brought up like a psychopath

[@Duranosaurus]

This guy does a great job on these videos! Keep it up!

[@uaherrera1989]

God how I wish I was born into the spartan life

[@Deejin0_o]

+uaherrera1989 Agreed

[@adgboss0086]

And you could have sexual relationship with your male mentor

[@nickstrapvideos5503]

You will pray to not.

[@nickstrapvideos5503]

A.NoLove That isn't important, ita because mostly your child life will be awful and then you will have to be in a warfare all day, the sexual relationship with the master was normal, the physical damage you will take in all your life will be horryfing.

[@sanadayukimura1615]

we had a previous life there.... we were tossed off cliff and raised as Hellots..

[@Powd3r81]

Another fun fact, they actually weren't very intelligent. Their military success was mostly limited to only land battles, and they weren't able to think about warfare in terms of tactics that weren't conventional. Their reign came to an end when their opponents just started arranging their troops differently in land battles. That's all it took to defeat the Spartans.

[@havales1205]

sorry but you dont know for what you talking about. After the peloponisian war it start slowly the decline because of the many victorious wars. Victorious but very costly in humans (Spartan men). In 280 bc they were only 2000 in the army and less than a 1000 in Roman invesion 100 years after. 2. The doric race is famous for the simplicity and not for stupidity 3. As for the adoption in the battle tactics read the Polyaenus’ Strategemata

[@florinvancea4151]

!

[@vShoTzZ25]

Lmfao where are you getting your information from? If you actually read up on their battles and the tactics they used, you'd realize they definitely weren't stupid.

[@Powd3r81]

Their tactics were one dimensional. They believed in using simple Best Man on the Right tactics so much, and they refused using light infantry so much, that suggesting they were prudent tacticians is dead wrong.

[@vShoTzZ25]

Fenris17 Best man on the right tactics? Lol those aren't really tactics.... Thats a formation lol. You don't call a football or hockey line tactics... You honestly think spartans just walked forward swinging their swords hoping to over power everyone? Hell fucking no, they were intelligent people like anyone and everyone else, the difference is that they specifically built their nation around their military, and for good reason.

[@lazymail]

did they take EU bailout loans?

[@lesserlecher]

lazymail German alert.

[@notvladamir4082]

lazymail Uh oh nazi alert!