bookwyrm
Doom of Public Libraries
- Location
- Wichita, Kansas
Well there's the whole "enforcing at sword-point a clumsy and heavy-handed regime of reactionary puppets on defeated Athens and then attempting to merely replace the Athenian League with their own as top dog instead of actually helping their allies or breaking up the oppressive hegmonies" thing at the end of the Peloponnesian War. At lot of ancient Greeks who liked how much Sparta talked up defending the traditional Hellenic order quickly soured on them when they met their obnoxious and arrogant tribute-collectors in person.