Zimriel
2008-11-10 20:15:24
Ardsgaine: To nitpick, Sparta did manage to beat Athens…
But then Sparta had to deal with Athens’s empire, and it swiftly collapsed. At any rate Spartan “conservatism” was, in practice, national-socialist. I’m not the one arguing for 300 as a conservative model.
Rome was also a conservative culture, and it lasted a lot longer as such. A better subject for a 300-type conservative movie would be the conflict against Hannibal. Conservatives might also identify with Lucius Vorenus in the Rome series; and there’s also Gladiator.
