You think Spartans were bronze-clad superheroes roaring about freedom? Think again. In the real Sparta, an ordinary citizen had less personal freedom than a modern prisoner.
From waking up on sharp river reeds to drinking pig blood broth and covert night hunting, this is what Spartans actually did from sunrise to sunset.
0:00 – The Autonomy We Take For Granted
00:23 – Rewind to Sparta 480 BC
01:27 – The 10-to-1 Slave Nightmare
03:08 – Black Broth & Iron Money
05:07 – The 4 Brutal Escalations
07:47 – The Devastating Turn
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