Who Was the Sacred Band of Thebes? #shorts

This documentary examines one of the most famous units of history, the Sacred Band of Thebes. We begin with an over view of the the history of Thebes, covering its mythology, founding in the Bronze Age, and rise to power over the course of the Greco-Persian wars, the Peloponnesian war, and the ensuing wars in Greek history. #shorts

[robertjarman]

Eh, if the only guy who bested them was Alexander the Great himself, that's a pretty good accomplishment in it's own right.

[jesupcolt]

There are no contemporary sources that indicate the Sacred Band was made up of lovers.

[freefall]

Isn't my hair pretty, I am in the sacred band. We never fight. We just do our hair up nice.

[theman]

Bro the gays got people heated in these comments lmao

[colonelblastpack]

I need to know more about the Band of Thebes

[gyulabueki]

in the end I forgot to tell you that this unit was completely destroyed by Alexander along with its city

[ghostofcato]

In Sparta they say leave no man behind! In Thebes they say leave no man's behind...😖

[syad]

they're so good that they exposed Spartan as overrated, too bad the novelty kept Spartan as that "tough ancient nation" we knew even today.

[acrxsls]

Homosexuality was not actually common in Ancient Greece. It would be the equivalent of assuming everyone today is homosexual because it's everywhere in the Media and art.

[OfficialMrStonkered]

Man you guys must really need money if you're going for ESG Targets now

[Tamagotchi]

So their are two accounts of their prowess and in one they were pushed back and in the other defeated. So they were probably not legendary then.

[muzzleflash]

The Sacred Band were not in fact homos, but married men with dearly beloved wives and children back home, who they marched out to protect.

[jonathanolson]

This idea that the unit pairs were lovers by default and design is just historically unsubstantiated. Sad to see this channel make such a claim so casually

[legateelizabeth]

The title should be either “Who were” or “what was”. “Who was” doesn’t make sense in this context, the Sacred Band of Thebes is not an individual person.

[williamgill]

oi vey why does the big gei stuff always appear in fortunate empires not long before their collapse. (If thats even true as it seems sources are somewhat contested)

[LatinaCreamQueen]

of Copium in these comments. That's super rich.

[LaughingMan]

The whole "they were male lovers" things is an unsubstantiated claim based on dubious translations taken out of context. Absolutely pathetic to push that out there with 0 research.

[captaincole]

There are no sources that state that, it’s only a rumor

[mastrorrrooos]

My friend they were not lovers.. That's so diminishing for their value and valour.

[doge]

Having romantic pairs would just make your unit combat ineffective after taking losses doe... loss of one dude its actually 2..