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By the time Phillip II threatened to invade Sparta, it had been in serious decline for decades. Is there any truth to the idea that Phillip was intimated by the Spartans Laconic reply, or was invading Sparta just not worth his time?

by /u/sovietkangaroo in /r/AskHistorians

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