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The Sacred Band of Thebes: Lovers in the Phalanx
Long before Alexander, there was the Sacred Band of Thebes—an elite infantry unit of 150 pairs of lovers who fought side by side. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the band was formed by the Theban commander Gorgidas around 378 BCE, how they trained at the gymnasium of Iolaus, and how their unique bond gave them a ferocious battlefield edge. The conversation follows the band's greatest victory at Leuctra in 371 BCE, where Epaminondas used them as the spearpoint of his oblique phalanx to shatter Spartan power. But no story of the Sacred Band is complete without its tragic end…
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