Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 Not quite, but I thought that title would get your attention.... I just randomly ran across some info about The Sacred Band of Thebes...300 warriors made up of 150 male couples....it's even funnier that there was 300 of them 'cause they were beating the crap out of Spartan armies where is their movie? also, why am I just hearing of this now mochi[/member] ? This is great pr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes#Formation
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 the Spartans had gay warriors too. Yeah, but were they ALL gay ??? plus they got their movie ::HMM::
Mini_ghost420 Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 yea. I'd like to see this movie be made too. I'd make all homophobes watch it and tell them these are the people we're sending after them
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 yea. I'd like to see this movie be made too. I'd make all homophobes watch it and tell them these are the people we're sending after them sadly they were slain in 338 BC
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 Yeah, but were they ALL gay ??? plus they got their movie ::HMM:: considering they all died I'd rather the didn't get a movie
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 yea. I'd like to see this movie be made too. I'd make all homophobes watch it and tell them these are the people we're sending after them at least have all the "no gays in the army" guys watch it.....just have them be all whut
GaiusIuliusCaesar Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 The spartans were more famous because they resisted alexander the great, who totally annihilated the sacred band of thebes. That's not to say Alexander could not have conquered them, but he chose not to, needing his forces to conquer Persia. Pyrrhus a relative of Alexander who lived some time after did try to invade sparta, but was killed by a woman who threw a heavy roof tile at him from height. Later the Spartans were conquered by rome because they weren't actually crazy one man army supermen like they are depicted as being. They were also really conservative and their military tactics were horribly outclassed by the roman legions by the time they arrived. The Spartans were also eugenicists, and had a policy of slave labor that inspired the Nazis. Basically the helots, (the spartan slave class) would have been much better off had the Persians conquered Greece. They were actually quite enlightened empire builders who granted various rights to client kingdoms, including freedom of worship. So basically, thebans good, Persians good, Pyrrhus unlucky, Romans good, Spartans kind of over rated assholes.
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 they don't teach you about this in school in all fairness, they didn't teach me about the Spartan thing in school either....
bnmjy Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 "each pair consisting of an older erastês (ἐραστής, "lover") and a younger erômenos (ἐρώμενος, "beloved")." Figures. Pederasty generally isn't considered good pr.
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 considering they all died I'd rather the didn't get a movie everybody dies eventually....but if you lived a cool life then you get a movie...thems the rules : o
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 in all fairness, they didn't teach me about the Spartan thing in school either.... the spartans were less gay and 300 made them all straight
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 "each pair consisting of an older erastês (ἐραστής, "lover") and a younger erômenos (ἐρώμενος, "beloved")." Figures. Pederasty generally isn't considered good pr. there you go again calling Gay historical figures pedophiles
Mini_ghost420 Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 sadly they were slain in 338 BC someone could still pick up their teachings. druids have been gone a long time but some people are still into runes and shit. and most homophobes think the earth is only 1,000 years old or some shit. you can tell 'em anything
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 The spartans were more famous because they resisted alexander the great, who totally annihilated the sacred band of thebes. That's not to say Alexander could not have conquered them, but he chose not to, needing his forces to conquer Persia. Pyrrhus a relative of Alexander who lived some time after did try to invade sparta, but was killed by a woman who threw a heavy roof tile at him from height. Later the Spartans were conquered by rome because they weren't actually crazy one man army supermen like they are depicted as being. They were also really conservative and their military tactics were horribly outclassed by the roman legions by the time they arrived. The Spartans were also eugenicists, and had a policy of slave labor that inspired the Nazis. Basically the helots, (the spartan slave class) would have been much better off had the Persians conquered Greece. They were actually quite enlightened empire builders who granted various rights to client kingdoms, including freedom of worship. So basically, thebans good, Persians good, Pyrrhus unlucky, Romans good, Spartans kind of over rated assholes.
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 someone could still pick up their teachings. druids have been gone a long time but some people are still into runes and shit. and most homophobes think the earth is only 1,000 years old or some shit. you can tell 'em anything frankly I wish a gay army would rise up and wipe out all the homophobia in modern times but I doubt that's gonna happen
GaiusIuliusCaesar Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 the spartans were actually evil, the Thebans were good, as Giuliano explained history rewards the wicked and erases the good well that's an over simplification, the thebans were good to thebans and about as good as any Hellenic city state really. shit if you are a foreigner or a woman but pretty nice as a male citizen. It wasn't until the romans introduced the idea of citizenship being granted to foreigners that everyone could aspire to be protected by the rights of the state. Still far from perfect but it was a step up. The persians as far as I am aware didn't give a flying fuck whether you were a citizen or not, if they even had the concept, subjects of the shahenshah would be more accurate.
Mini_ghost420 Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 the spartans were less gay and 300 made them all straight good and evil are all a matter of perception and opinion. there is no real difference
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 good and evil are all a matter of perception and opinion. there is no real difference edited the post to more reflect the actual reason why the Spartans got a movie and the Thebans didn't
André Toulon Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 considering they all died I'd rather the didn't get a movie This is fucking retarded......They were an army, not a bunch of gay dudes that were killed because of a hate crime.
bnmjy Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 there you go again calling Gay historical figures pedophiles I never did. Pederasty =/= pedophilia, in the strictest sense of the words. I'm not even gonna bother explaining anything because you can't see anything past the lens of the contemporary social climate.
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 y'know, I thought this was a funny little historic detail we could all laugh about...guess not >.>
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 y'know, I thought this was a funny little historic detail we could all laugh about...guess not >.> if you hadn't called me out if would've been you've been here long enough to know better than to mention my name in relation to anything gay
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 I never did. Pederasty =/= pedophilia, in the strictest sense of the words. I'm not even gonna bother explaining anything because you can't see anything past the lens of the contemporary social climate. the article also says members joined at 20 and retired at 30 so you should probably about them being pederasts
Mix Posted April 25, 2017 Author Posted April 25, 2017 if you hadn't called me out if would've been you've been here long enough to know better than to mention my name in relation to anything gay I actually thought you'd get a kick out of this....I didn't see anything negative to trigger you....but yeah, you're right, my fault
mochi Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 I actually thought you'd get a kick out of this....I didn't see anything negative to trigger you....but yeah, you're right, my fault you didn't trigger me
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