Talk:History of Sparta

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Wikinfo:Cretan/Spartan connection FYI. (Deleted by Wikipedians on 6 Mar. 2006.)

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"The city was something of a "tourist trap" for Roman elite to observe the "unusual" Spartan people. Following the disaster that the Roman Imperial Army suffered at the Battle of Adrianople, Spartan phalanxes met and defeated a force of raiding Visigoths in battle. That was the last noteworthy Spartan victory." /\ This I find HIGHLY dubious. How could the Spartans maintain their military tradition for 600 years under Roman rule? It makes no sense, even if they were kept as a living museum as suggested above. SOURCES, hombre, sources. D.E. Cottrell 06:15, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

May I suggest the inclusion of something of the Deuterocanonical or Apocryphal First book of the Macabees, which records in its twelfth book a letter between the Jews and the Lacedemonians (Spartans) in which their brotherhood was announced - of the Spartan descent from Abraham, and a form of alliance between the two, acknowledged by both. Should this be recorded in the article?