Everything he was beaten for as a kid would have been totally par for the course in the agoge (boys' military training) of classical Sparta, an ethos that FW was trying to revive. But by the 18th century, even Prussians thought FW was over the top.
(Like Alexander/Fritz parallels, Sparta/Prussia parallels are also interesting.)
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Date: 2019-08-22 03:08 am (UTC)(Like Alexander/Fritz parallels, Sparta/Prussia parallels are also interesting.)