TIL Spartans were paedophile and slave owners. Infanticide was a common practice in Sparta. They also took money from Persians to fight against Athens in the Peloponnesian war.
https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/
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