this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
328 points (96.1% liked)

[Dormant] moved to !historymemes@piefed.social

3447 readers
1 users here now

THIS COMM HAS MOVED

!historymemes@piefed.social

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] frog@feddit.uk 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know this came from 300 but

Homosexual attraction sometimes existed in the form of pederasty, which influenced ancient Greek and especially Spartan military practices.[17] This usually consisted in romantic relations and mentoring by adult men with male youths. Pederastic relations are thought to have played some role with Sparta’s overarching “contest-system” or the agoge, which aimed to shape male Spartans into soldiers.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_militaries_of_ancient_Greece