Casie comes back to the show to share the fascinating story behind the Sacred Band of Thebes. She goes into the queer history behind the most powerful group of gay soldiers in Ancient Greece
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Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boeotian-League
History of War
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/peace_antalcidas.html
The Ancients podcast, The Sacred Band of Thebes
https://www.worldhistory.org/Pelopidas/
Plutarch’s writing http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/pelopida.html
World History
https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Leuctra/
Heritage History
https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=haaren&book=greece&story=epaminondas
NEH
https://www.neh.gov/article/lovers-and-soldiers
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
Legacy Project Chicago
https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/sacred-band-thebes
Heritage Daily
Invicta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWsZwlN1j3c
NEH
https://www.neh.gov/article/lovers-and-soldiers
History Today
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/army-lovers-sacred-band-thebes
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https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/15/sacred-band-of-warriors-part-of-classical-era-greece/
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