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How Accurate Was The Depiction of Spartans In 300? | The Ancients

One of the most famed classes of soldiers from antiquity, the Spartan warrior has been immortalised in media today. Characterised as super soldiers, formidable fighters who would rather perish than surrender - their reputation truly did proceed them. But how accurate is this image - and does it correlate with what the ancient sources actually tell us? In this filmed episode of The Ancients podcast Sparta mini-series, host Tristan Hughes welcomes Dr Roel Konijnendijk from the University of Oxford, to take a deep dive into the life of a Spartan w You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/45Y4Oyg #historyhit #spartans #spartanwarrior 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:12 Early Days of Sparta 00:08:27 Training and Education 00:19:48 Hellenistic differences 00:21:37 Did Sparta have an army? 00:28:25 Spartan Fighting Styles 00:38:25 Spartan Armour 00:44:23 Spartan Command Structure 00:46:44 ‘The 300’ 00:51:32 Spartan Burials 00:55:50 Was Sparta actually a Military Society?