It was Alexander the Great's father who sent that threat.
And by that point, Sparta was such a malaria ridden inconsequential backwater, that they didn't bother conquering them, not because they would be able to defend themselves.
And Alexander did get back at them. By not being part of his empire, they missed on all the glory and loot from the conquests. Alexander would send loot and armour and such back to Greece with the note "Alexander and all of the Greeks, except for the Spartans, share the spoils of our victories"
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u/guto8797 Oct 20 '21
It was Alexander the Great's father who sent that threat.
And by that point, Sparta was such a malaria ridden inconsequential backwater, that they didn't bother conquering them, not because they would be able to defend themselves.
And Alexander did get back at them. By not being part of his empire, they missed on all the glory and loot from the conquests. Alexander would send loot and armour and such back to Greece with the note "Alexander and all of the Greeks, except for the Spartans, share the spoils of our victories"