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TIL that while Alexander the Great conquered the known world, he never attempted to attack the city-state of Sparta. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because there was no reason to....?

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He didnt invade Macedon either, maybe with the same reasoning

[–] Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't he the King of Macedon? Like wasn't that the original/first title he had before he started doing his conquests?

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, so there was no reason to invade

[–] sushibowl@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

I think this is technically true, but mostly irrelevant. Sparta got pretty thoroughly trounced by one of Alexander's generals while the man himself was out campaigning in Asia, and were effectively subjugated anyway.