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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7730220, member: 115909&quot;]That sounds true based on what I learned about Sparta while studying for my Classical History degree.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll be the first to admit I’m no expert but from my reading &amp; lectures I was taught that in the time of Leonidas the Spartans viewed money in general as an unmanly (and thus un-Spartan) luxury.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hence the reason they used large lumps of iron as “money” since they were heavy and low value and discouraged the accumulation of wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Spartans of Leonidas’s time didn’t believe in any kind of luxury as they believed suffering made better soldiers who could tolerate being in pain, being cold, being hungry and still remain an effective fighting force.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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