instant loss 2koma
The really funny part is that many modern sources that want to gas up Sparta will bring up this specific anecdote, but stop at the "if" and just not mention what happened immediately afterwards.
similarly, "μολὼν λαβέ" (come and take them) is a really cool thing to say, made significantly less cool by having them taken
Spartan propaganda usually only works if you stop right before the end of the story tbh
Spartans killed themselves to be "good at war" and they weren't even good at war


















