How Did Ancient Sparta Really Fall? | The Spartans | Odyssey

Bettany Hughes is a superb historian and storyteller.

I only recently discovered this channel. Working from home, this has been WONDERFUL.

She's really a good presenter. And the background music is excellent as well.

One reason Sparta fell was due directly to the harsh method of training its young males to become warriors. They were promised nothing for all their suffering except the honor of dying in battle. The Theban warrior had an easier life which allowed for greater numbers. To win battles even if you have less experience, numbers can mean victory over a battle hardened unit of just a few hundred.

You need to put in a few more adds, i actually had to watch some of the video for a while.

If you want to see more of Bettany walking through fields, staring at mountains or the ocean while center screen stay tuned for the next Odyssey!

Love it! Bethany’s the best. Easy on the eyes as well.

really 5 min of commercials every fu%king 30 sec of the actualt show.

Damn she is a gorgeous mind and a lovely story teller.

I grew up watching history programs with narrator's such as Leonard Nimoy and Charleston Heston, it was always a good day when bettany made her appearances on my television lol

Dang it! Bettany is a fabulous presenter but every time I see her in a show it's difficult for me to pay attention to the actual material 😉

..."Fatal flaw to pursue absolute perfection, Sparta made an enemy of Change itself"....Well, I'd say it is not a flaw to pursue perfection, though I don't recommend it, but rather to pursue what it means to be perfect would be better. The logic of pursuing perfection makes change a part of this pursuit. I don't follow her logic, except superficially, which would be to say that for one to be perfect, they must always be perfect...which we always say, no one is perfect. I think she is equating perfection with discipline. And Discipline, we know is good, and is what protects a man from himself. But then again, one could ask, "discipline as manifested how?" For example: Disciplined to always be kind or always to be mean or to always excercise the discernment between the two."

After Sparta collapsed: "This isn't Sparta!!"

this Assassin's Creed Odyssey game animation and graphic is amazing. what mod and EMB are being use?

You can’t be serious with the amount of commercials. That’s like peeing your audience in the face.

Bettany Hughes is amazing. Hated history in school, my teacher was, to be politically correct, chubby and not intellectually gifted. This new format gives an amazing perspective

To many ads

Little too much of the ads, but thank you for uploading nonetheless.

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