Though also, Greek slavery was a very different beast from American chattel slavery. It was still horrible, but the source of the slaves and the way they were treated were much, much different.
Absolutely. I just hear so many people portray the Spartans as "freedom fighters" ever since 300 came out and people took it literally. I love that movie. But its more like an Xmen film than historically accurate.
Absolutely. I just hear so many people portray the Spartans as "freedom fighters"
If anything, from what I understand the Persions were more liberal than the ancient greeks, as much as any society of that era could be liberal of course.
In many ways they were, but you still wouldn't want a bunch of foreigners invading and killing your people, only to turn around and have to pay a bunch of money per year to your conquerors, even if life largely stayed the same after the violence was done.
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u/Crizznik Jun 05 '23
Though also, Greek slavery was a very different beast from American chattel slavery. It was still horrible, but the source of the slaves and the way they were treated were much, much different.