{"id":53,"date":"2026-01-19T09:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:15:19","slug":"sparta-the-city-that-trained-boys-into-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"Sparta: The City That Trained Boys Into Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sparta was once the leading force of Greek military.<br><br>Sparta wanted nothing but war itself. <br><br>It made boys train endlessly for 13 years at the agoge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png 800w, https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One Brutal Rule<br>&#8220;If you&#8217;re a boy, get tough or die trying.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1361\" height=\"1433\" src=\"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spartan_Territory_Before_371_BC.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spartan_Territory_Before_371_BC.png 1361w, https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spartan_Territory_Before_371_BC-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spartan_Territory_Before_371_BC-973x1024.png 973w, https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spartan_Territory_Before_371_BC-768x809.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1361px) 100vw, 1361px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sparta was once the leading force of Greek military. Sparta wanted nothing but war itself. It made boys train endlessly for 13 years at the agoge. One Brutal Rule&#8220;If you&#8217;re a boy, get tough or die trying.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sparta","tag-profile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benprojects.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}