"Ancient palace discovery challenges Spartan myth" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 08 Jun 2026 8:55 a.m. PST |
New historical research suggests that one of the most legendary cities in history did not start out as a conquering warrior state — poking a hole in its founding myth… Fox News: link |
robert piepenbrink  | 08 Jun 2026 9:52 a.m. PST |
You know, a hundred years ago, this might have been news. Or does our understanding of the creation of Sparta by a merging of four villages actually go back to Classical times? |
 John the OFM | 08 Jun 2026 10:33 a.m. PST |
Who are you, and what have you done to Tango?
"Challenging myth" and "Rewriting history " are HIS Topics! |
 miniMo | 08 Jun 2026 10:50 a.m. PST |
Umm, everybody's founding myths are actually myths.
Lacadaemon never really cut down a cherry tree neither. |
| Frederick | 08 Jun 2026 11:14 a.m. PST |
Almost all conquering warrior states didn't start that way Rome was a bunch of little villages around the Capitoline Hill The Golden Horde started off as a bunch of rag-tag Mongol tribesmen who were more dangerous to each other than anyone else The ancient Egyptians were a bunch of farmers and herders who settled along the Nile The Assyrian Empire began as a bunch of farmers who over time created a city to protect themselves from nomadic raiders and their neighbours Not exactly with respect breaking news |
 Parzival | 08 Jun 2026 1:08 p.m. PST |
I found the story quite interesting. I really don't understand the collective snide "harrumphing." |
| 35thOVI | 08 Jun 2026 1:53 p.m. PST |
Thanks Bill Parz, you really don't understand the reason, or was that tongue in cheek? 🤔 I believe Bill mistakenly left in a 3 letter word. 😉 |
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