Zachary Masek

The Dead Warrior Society

History EN ↓ 56 episodes

Exploring history's greatest soldiers, warriors, and armies throughout the ages. The Dead Warrior Society uses contemporary accounts of what actually happened from those who saw it as well as scholarly research. For full length episodes and video visit https://www.youtube.com/@DeadWarriorSociety

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Zachary Masek

Episodes

The Spartan Agoge Pt. II - The Myth of Spartan Pederasty 16.02.2025 1:02:06

In this episode we explore one of the most pervasive modern myths about Sparta and their educational system, Spartan Pederasty.

Sparta's Teenage Asymmetrical Warriors - The Krypteia 16.02.2025 29:37

In this episode we discuss the secret group of Spartan youths known as the Krypteia: an elite cohort of students from the Agoge who would deploy into Messenia to hunt down and assassinate problematic Helots.

The Schizophrenic Sociopathic Spartan King - Cleomenes I 16.02.2025 1:07:11

In the is episode we explore the checkered history of King Cleomenes I of Sparta. He was both ruthless and sick and more than willing to destroy both his enemies and allies to keep a chokehold on the Spartan throne.

The Spartan Conquest of Messenia 16.02.2025 52:03

In this episode of the Dead Warrior Society Podcast, we discuss who the people of Messenia were and why they went to War with the Spartans and how they became Helots.

The Spartan Agoge Part I - Fitness, Discipline, and Obedience 16.02.2025 39:32

In this episode of the Dead Warrior Society Podcast, we dive into how the Spartan's prepared their boys for war within the compulsory Spartan education system, the Agoge.

The Return of the Heraclediae and the Laconian Conquest 16.02.2025 20:17

Exploring the origins of where the Spartans came from and how they came to conquer the region of Laconia within the Peloponnese.