Conversations: The Classic Blunder! 'Never get involved in a land war [with Sparta], Spartan Military w/ Roel Konijnendijk

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Liv speak with Roel Konijnendijk who teaches at Oxford and specializes in ancient Greek warfare. Roel covers Spartan warfare, what made them different, and not so different from the rest of the ancient Greek city-states. Follow Roel on Twitter and check out the Ask Historians for more. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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0:30.0	Hi, hello and welcome.
0:34.0	This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby.
0:37.3	And I'm your host, the woman who spends this episode trying to wrap her head around literally
0:42.1	any and everything relating to ancient warfare.
0:44.7	Because, oh, that is not my area of expertise, but I want to know more.
0:49.7	Live, I'm live.
0:51.3	And today's episode is one of the most important episodes when it comes to understanding ancient
0:55.1	sparta. Because I mean, what is the one thing that Sparta is most well known for today?
1:01.2	If there could be only one thing, this would be it.
1:03.7	They're military.
1:04.9	Or rather, they're military prowess, I suppose.
1:08.5	They're known for being seriously good in war.
1:11.2	As rule will say, super soldiers, if not entirely obsessed with war.
1:16.0	Except like how much of that is actually true.
1:18.0	How much do they base their society around the military and their skills in it?
1:22.1	Well, today we're going to answer that question.
1:24.3	And yes, this episode's title is an edited quote from the Princess bride because it just
1:28.0	felt like the right thing to do.
1:30.6	So today I spoke with rule canine and daik who teaches at Oxford and specializes in ancient
1:35.6	Greek warfare.
1:37.3	Obviously, he was the best person to speak to about the Spartan military and all things
1:41.0	that it both was and wasn't.
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