Sparta and the Nazis

<p>Ancient Sparta was co-opted by the Nazis as a supposed model civilisation for the Third Reich’s twisted racial and martial ideologies.</p><br><p>German children were taught that the Spartans had originally been an ‘Aryan’ tribe, and that they should aspire to Laconian ideals such as endurance, discipline and military self-sacrifice. Yet modern evidence suggests the Ancient Greek city-state may not have been so militaristic after all.</p><br><p>In this episode, Tristan is joined by Dr Helen Roche from Durham University to find out more about this ‘Spartan paradigm’ and how it was exploited by the Nazi regime.</p><br><p><strong>Tickets to Tristan's talk 'London in the Roman World' with Professor Dominic Perring on July 4 are available here: </strong><a href="https://shop.historyhit.com/product/london-in-the-roman-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shop.historyhit.com/product/london-in-the-roman-world/</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>