Were Spartans Badass people ever? 🥵🥵🤯 #shorts #history

Spartans were the ultimate badasses of their time. Imagine this: Leonidas of Sparta leading 8000 warriors against a massive Persian army of 150,000.! When King Xerxes demanded they give up their weapons, Leonidas boldly replied, "Come and take them."! Meanwhile, King Philip,! Alexander the Great's father,! conquered Greek cities one by one, but Sparta remained unconquered.! When Philip threatened their destruction, the Spartans had a simple response: "if."! During the Battle of Thermopoli,! a brave Spartan named Dienekez was told that the Persians possessed such an overwhelming number of archers their arrows shall block the sunlight.! But instead of fear, he embraced the challenge, saying, "Good. We'll fight in the shade.