Seriously, I don't get it, why does so many people like Sparta this much ? Yes spartan warriors were great. But they were as great as a lot of other warriors.
My point is that Sparta was a vile nation. Just the Krypteia is proof enough of how horrible and superior to all they thought themselves. Giving a knife to a boy and giving him the right to kill any slaves just for fun...
Babies that weren't born as healthy as required from a warrior point of view were left to die or just plainly put to death...
Except from the fact that they were (and even that can be argue) a military force to be reckon, I find that other Greek nations are really much more interesting than Spartia...
Am I missing something here ?