contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 months agoTIL that while Alexander the Great conquered the known world, he never attempted to attack the city-state of Sparta.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkTIL that while Alexander the Great conquered the known world, he never attempted to attack the city-state of Sparta.en.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoI think this is technically true, but mostly irrelevant. Sparta got pretty thoroughly trounced by one of Alexander’s generals while the man himself was out campaigning in Asia, and were effectively subjugated anyway.
I think this is technically true, but mostly irrelevant. Sparta got pretty thoroughly trounced by one of Alexander’s generals while the man himself was out campaigning in Asia, and were effectively subjugated anyway.