I made the STRONGEST ARMY as SPARTA?

[@hubris_3920]

im shaking..... The spartans couldn't even OIL UP like they used to. Thank god Laith restored the old practices of OILING UP.

[@thalesvondasos]

2) cover yourself in oil

[@hubris_3920]

@@thalesvondasos type shit

[@gerageobushma8970]

Hmmm 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

[@christopherbanks4652]

I'm OILING UP right now as I watch this

[@snowlet739]

Great to see you enjoying the Invictus mod, Sparta is a vanilla mission tree only mildly tweaked by us. I believe from one of the DLC's. We did add the dual monarchy system.

[@derekskelton4187]

Are the celts/norsemen any fun nowadays? Love what yall have done with the major players

[@snowlet739]

@@derekskelton4187We have a map on the workshop showing all countries with missions.

[@JossLun]

@@derekskelton4187I played Boihaemia, they have quite the interesting missions, with a lot of space to colonise, quite close to Rome and Greeks, but not too much.

[@isopropyl1314]

snowlet the goat

[@MuppetLord1]

Are you going to do a bigger more modified tree in the future by any chance? :)

[@gannonpatton2858]

I've never bought a comment or whatever, and it's not even much, but I'd really enjoy another Sparta video. You got me to play Imperator Rome (with Invictus mod) and have enjoyed it more than any other Paradox game! Cheers! I think it would be cool to see a diminished/ conquered Rome, or Spartan "Byzantium" borders, or a Leonidas's Revenge goal, taking out "Persia" which doesn't really exist in the same facet but, make it like restoring Alexander's borders? Anyway, thanks again!

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I appreciate the support mate! I’m definitely tempted to make a sequel!

[@davidsmith7752]

​@@TheSocialStreamers As a general tip, you can see the fleet size of a country in their diplomacy window. It's just above the Diplomatic Actions menu, underneath the number of military innovations they have. You don't get to know their naval composition, but you do get to know their overall numbers.

[@johndford]

Theres an achievemnt to sack parsa the capital of persia so that could be a goal

[@wyattebersole3764]

Just a few general tips: You were making so little in the early game because you had so many forts, they have high upkeep. When you totally conquer a nation you can choose to imprison their leaders and then make money off of selling them to slavery, which is a big financial boost early game. Loving the Imperator attention recently!

[@Demosthenes84]

That's a good tip. Damn carthage was rocking me with thier navy playing as rome in the early game. But it was fun and historical

[@meown_ar]

Your enthusiasm almost makes me want to give Imperator another try

[@Marcoz588]

DEW IT!

[@Goober543]

i played recently. really fun!

[@gregc6535]

Its a great game ! Add terra indomita mod which includes the invictus mod and its even better

[@Garindo]

​@@gregc6535and the commander kings mod if you have a military talented ruler and want him to lead your legion

[@leaveme3559]

You ain't fooling anyone Imperator devs¹🙄

[@ph16900]

Zlewikk (put it online a few hours ago) and Alton (some days ago) are playing Spartans too rn. But your campaign is way better (I really liked that you conquered Crete) and far more interesting - the early expansion, the fights against Macedonia and Rome, just great to watch. I would love to see a second part. Your video really motivates me to start Imperator: Rome myself.

[@Demosthenes84]

I just did recently. Now I'm 50 hours in. I love it

[@alexh3298]

That Spartan mission tree is in the base game

[@thespaceman8746]

This man’s dedication to bringing back imperator is INSANE!

[@ffreeze9924]

Are you aware of fort infrastructure capacity? Each province by default has 5, each level 1 fort adds 3 and upgrading those forts adds an extra 1 per level. Going above it increases maintenance cost by a lot. That's why you were bleeding so much money after taking Argos, the province was at 16/5 before destroying the forts. After it was still at 9/5 since you had three forts in the province

[@Hypogeal-Foundation]

He had figured it out himself.

[@Demosthenes84]

Plus taking over AI territory adds tons of forts that drain your money. I always have to break some down after a big conquest

[@iquabakaner]

Siege engineers +1 is a good tech to get. It's like giving one siege pip to all your sieges. You get 3 in total in the middle tree in military, and 1 in the rightmost tree.

[@deeznoots6241]

Btw if you’re wondering where ‘The Besieger’ nickname comes from its a translation of the title ‘Poliorcetes’ given to Demetrios Antigonid(in game he is the heir to the Antigonid kingdom at game start) given to him based on his many innovative siege weapons in his ultimately unsuccesful siege of Rhodes, among these weapons was a 55m long battering ram operated by 1000 men and a 38m tall Siege tower named Helepolis(Taker of Cities), all of these siege weapons were inevitably abandoned when the siege failed and the masses of bronze used in their construction taken by the Rhodians and used to create the famous ‘Colossus’ of Rhodes. Honestly aside from the nickname Demetrius is probably one of the less capable Diadochi with a mostly unsuccessful military record and a bad reputation due to being a horrendous pervert, famously including an attempt to ‘court’ a young boy that ultimately resulted in the boy killing himself by jumping in a cauldron of hot water in a bath-house to escape Demetrius.

[@litadahl6806]

A bit late, but any culture you dont plan to integrate it's a good idea to use the setup colony decision. It settles some of your core pops in one of their pop centers and increases assimilation there, creating a pop center that's just more loyal in recently conquered provinces alongside increasing levies.

[@Pontxo81]

Hi Laith. Thanks for trying to bring back Imperator. I never stopped playing, I have 2000 hours in the game and I almost have all the achievements (yeah, I am lazy with partial world conquests). I completed my first Pax Aeterna in 2021 as Rome, with no weird shenanigans, pure pain. My usual start as Sparta is to conquer Crete and then the Peloponnese. Today I tried attacking Messenia first and it works 😂

[@AverageLadd]

Imperator Rome grindset keeps on going. Acta, non verba.

[@arcanus5120]

It's crazy that this game has actually ended up being good

[@grover4289]

I LOVE PLAYIN SPARTA! The hug box is real but is beatable! THIS IS SPARTA!!!

[@ArcAngle1117]

Importing Camels is a good idea too, each Camel resource provides a stacking commerce tax bonus.

[@Gamereal6286]

THIS IS SPARTA! Joke aside, that was pretty impressive with their space marine units, you could just bat them away like flies. Funny playthrough, please do more of you want! 😊 Here is some funni for you: Laith:"We dont need those forts, my navy will protect me" Also Laith:"I wish I had more forts, sad really" 😑

[@MuseFanPL]

A small tip: you can check how many ships a nation has by right-clicking them and opening the diplomatic view.

[@KA-zo2he]

I like how Laith moved pops from Megalopolis and then said "they kind of drained out of there"

[@TheStormfury]

Every time I see or hear Arkadian, I just remember that once scene from 300. "Spartans, what is your profession?!" then "See old friend, I brought more soldiers than you."

[@lalthamuon6720]

Words said by laith,"Everyone is going to hate us but it's worth it"

[@AlexBaen]

How many imperator videos are you going to make? Yes

[@agustusclaudiathegodzillam54]

You GOTTA continue this. This video slap like nothing else

[@BenjaminByDay]

You're getting me so close to try out Imperator Rome man! Would love to see more if this run 😃

[@mariuss1590]

You should continue, and form the second peloponessian league through the mission tree, it has one of the greatest flags I ever seen lol

[@Empiriarch1945]

Damn, I was actually really entertained with this game. Pls continue!

[@henryglennon3864]

Fun Fact: the symbol the Spartans bore on their shields was a massive L, which is the source of Laith's affinity with their culture.

[@azlanadil3646]

Lmfao

[@henryglennon3864]

@@azlanadil3646 Thank you. I think I should have opened the joke by explaining that the lambda is the Greek letter L, since no one else seems to have gotten it.

[@aresiv5109]

big tip the queued events like bountiful harvest are op and dont show up and they are timed its on screen at 24:09

[@Hungryboi-ey1ct]

Atreus, It is time to return to our homeland.Get the oil boy

[@AllenorLP]

As a greek it is very wise to get as many feudatories as possible, as they don't take up a diplo slot and they all give you at least 2k troops every war.

[@jeremykolb724]

Great game! I recommend Delmatia, best mission tree I've found. Start with the generic unification of the provence then jump down the mission triee. challenging for sure.

[@davidproud9009]

Damn, thats much better than my last attempt at a Spartan resurgence, guess I'll need to give it another go soon

[@westeastfrisia4031]

your hair looks actually good for the first time ever, congrats!

[@ThorinWolf]

1:41 No, the baby is the successor. Sparta was traditionally a diarchy - one for civil matters, one for military matters.

[@HedgeHawks]

you know you can spawn your levies in greece in any of the greece provinces (crete included). in your levies tab, up on the right hand side, there is an icon with a hand holding a spear. by clicking on that you can choose where to spawn them

[@besacciaesteban]

I always put quite the priority on fruits, character loyalty bonus is hard to come by

[@Nitronix-vv1vn]

Please do the second part of this run, looks so much fun, I started playing the game myself again

[@makiskanyt9269]

Fun fact the second event says melon lave which is what leonedas said to the persians, it translates to come and get it (roughly)

[@pofignyak7694]

We NEED part 2!

[@Vince-tt1uj]

I took 200 gold recruit mercenaries from Greece (theres a dude with 13 military that has about 6k troops close to Athens) with mercs and my initial levy I conquered entire defensive league without any trouble.

[@zigedelic3909]

Pay attention to how many forts you have per province, you have a kind of force limit that makes them much more expensive if you go over it. On the settlement/city page, click on the spears and it should have it listed in the bottom right. Each fort in a province uses 3, but increasing a fort level only increases it by 1, and the base cap is 5. Military traditions and provincial investments can increase it, but until you do it's a good rule of thumb to just delete all but 1 fort in each province.

[@Joshieboy75]

Laith i was the kid that just wasted ur time by sending you a big zoro persia screen shot :) have a nice sleep 12:31 am

[@omskc_gb4728]

Just wanna say Laith, please never stop with these thumbnails

[@AstridRohan]

I'm glad I got this game when it was on sale on GoG, and basically avoided all the bad that it was when it first came out. I'm having a blast with it tbh. The only part that sucks is Rome steamrolling everyone.

[@SoapCanFan]

I love these IR videos, you should do more

[@Bepolil]

We want a second part! Lets see Sparta control the seas and the land

[@Walesball1214]

for the future if you never found out, get country info you can see what mil tech they are and how many ships

[@LunarRegicide]

THIS! IS! SPARTA! (Literally)

[@deadsmile4817]

u should try heraclea pontica. im not gonna spoil anything its really fun!

[@firespark8455]

The phalanx tradition gave you a custom tactic which is better for your army comp then the generic bottleneck. Also switching tactics to counter the enemy does not seem worth it most of the time if you are going from one with high efficiency for your your comp to low.

[@ModernWhoFan5B]

"Another successful victory there." -Laith, 2024

[@sd_league]

Please continue the sparta world conquest + the revival of imperator rome! :)

[@gurrtug9213]

I don't like imperator a lot but I had to watch a Sparta game, ended up enjoying it!

[@CamdenSingletary]

You better continue this campaign this is not me asking for a favor this is me telling you to do this.

[@rainekasyyk6874]

you should do a gordyene run and make the hurrian religion its pretty challenging and rewarding

[@TheTopThreeHighestRated]

Banger video, waiting for part 2

[@FromRussiaWithLuv007]

@Laith could you do a Terra Indomitus run as the Majapahit?

[@KoenDeKapoen]

13:28 Nice that you keep the farts in your recording :p

[@michaelgraham5764]

Love it, more Sparta please Laith!

[@gregc6535]

Please continue this campaign!

[@carzar2524]

Like your streams. Is this with mods?

[@SeverusFelix]

The Cretins at Sparta! I mean the Spartans at Crete!

[@timerunhistory2604]

Don’t need to switch to beliicose until you’re gonna peace out of the first war. Then you can get ur third idea and get the bonuses

[@taherbertolinirodrigues9104]

Ah the civilization that never even called the name we use for them

[@fernandosimonsepulveda1820]

I'll be very glad if you make another video of Sparta

[@Stevonicus]

You need to follow this up with a video restoring Hellenism in CK3. The Maniots were still pagan until the 9th century in Laconia.

[@freeroommalmo2792]

What version is this? Because when I play as Sparta the third idea is not religious, it is oratory.

[@PseudOnym-mc6vg]

Guys, you have to hear what Laith says at 28:17. I can't believe he thinks Coolsville sucks!

[@hieratics]

Loved the spartans oiling up ❤

[@wojownikmaryi1910]

continue please, this game is so great

[@sizanogreen9900]

50:53 sparta in a nutshell xD

[@elisfsharri]

Can you form Pirate Illyria from Abri? I guess you might need Invictus though.

[@IronWolf123]

Did you mean an exclamation mark instead of a question mark, Laith!

[@MrTilldaddy]

If this video gets 5,000 likes, Laith will make a Part 2 and be shirtless like a true Spartan.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen3736]

too many forts per province is hella expensive. best to get rid of excess

[@foolish42088]

Very great I subscribe just so I can maybe see another episode

[@BrandonJudy]

always like seeing more imperator rome

[@Framed-27]

How do stack wipes work?

[@yurasafronnykov3180]

What mods are you using? I do like this game but it is missing lots in diplomacy and peace deals, wish I can grab cash 😂

[@RedOblivion7]

Please continue this game!

[@renepton8735]

You should oil up for the next episode, like a true spartan!

[@malikan5539]

I am only like 15 mins in but will Laith ever realise that having so many forts in one province is why his total income is so low?

[@breezeezz]

pls continue this campaign

[@oddindian1]

Yeppers Sparta becomes and Empire!

[@reallyFrogman]

Laith - TheSocialStreamers oiled up when?

[@Infinitystar225]

I'd love to see Athens next

[@filipefernandes870]

How do I assimilate effectively?

[@shadowbadgercat]

Fun Fact: In the real world Sparta would ally itself with Judaea meaning there was a Spartan-Jewish alliance. It sounds so cursed.

[@diegoidepersia]

with declining that 2000 manpower for taras, you lost out on a pretty free vassal

[@ComradeNEURO]

WE NEED MORE IMPERATORRRRRRR

[@FunkyMonkeyI]

All hail Laith King of Sparta.

[@giorgosthoma849]

Imperator will not die we will bring it back!

[@markuskristersson4663]

Play as Athens next ☺️

[@raaaalf]

please continue i like oiled up men

[@fatmanny6982]

Please make a part 2

[@SquidElvis]

Such cool playthrough.

[@centseighty5100]

We will make sparta revive in imperator rome, just as imperator rome will revive in paradox !

[@dannyrooker7012]

Use your headset to push your hair back, we have the same hair that’s what I do when it’s annoying me

[@paperbackwriter19]

please continue the campaign