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Originally Posted by Swordfish941
The Rhodesian military makes the Spartans look like a bunch of sissy metrosexuals.
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The Spartans got routed by these guys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
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The Sacred Band under Pelopidas fought the Spartans[8] at Tegyra in 375 BC, routing an army that was at least three times its size, though they retreated before the Spartans reformed. It was also responsible for the victory at Leuctra in 371 BC, called by Pausanias the most decisive battle ever fought by Greeks against Greeks. Leuctra established Theban independence from Spartan rule and laid the groundwork for the expansion of Theban power, but possibly also for Philip II's eventual victory
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the Sacred Band was made up of male couples
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