Ancient Spartans lived by the law that retreat was a source of ultimate shame. Mothers famously told their sons to return with their shields—meaning victorious—or on them, meaning dead.
The phrase is cemented in cinema through the 1986 martial arts film No Retreat, No Surrender and the iconic Spartan command in the movie 300 : "No retreat, no surrender; that is Spartan law". 4. Modern Environmental Adaptation no_retreat
In 1519, Hernán Cortés famously ordered his ships destroyed upon landing in Mexico to ensure his army had no choice but to push forward. Ancient Spartans lived by the law that retreat
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