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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Mar 24, 2011 3:21:17 GMT -5
Ancient Warriors - The Spartans 1/3
Ancient Warriors - The Spartans 2/3
Ancient Warriors - The Spartans 3/3
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Post by uz on Mar 24, 2011 12:51:44 GMT -5
I watched this show "The Greatest Warrior", they tried to analyse every aspect of ancient soldiers and compare them to each other.
The challenge came down to the Samurai vs. the Spartan. Apparently the Spartan shield alone, is one of the most deadliest weapons of all time. Needless to say, the Spartans took the top rank of Greatest Warriors ever.
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Post by ulf on Mar 30, 2011 7:25:15 GMT -5
Strength of an army is in it commander. If commander is incompetent he will lose, if not he would win. Anyway best army ever was Roman Legionaries for more then obvious reasons
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Post by uz on Mar 30, 2011 9:59:18 GMT -5
This show isn't the most credible, but it's entertaining for sure.
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Post by uz on Mar 30, 2011 12:21:50 GMT -5
Thucydides reports that when a Spartan man went to war, his wife (or another woman of some significance) would customarily present him with his shield and say: "With this, or upon this" (Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς, Èi tàn èi èpì tàs), meaning that true Spartans could only return to Sparta either victorious (with their shield in hand) or dead (carried upon it).[62] If a Spartan hoplite were to return to Sparta alive and without his shield, it was assumed that he threw his shield at the enemy in an effort to flee; an act punishable by death or banishment. A soldier losing his helmet, breastplate or greaves (leg armour) was not similarly punished, as these items were personal pieces of armour designed to protect one man, whereas the shield not only protected the individual soldier but in the tightly packed Spartan phalanx was also instrumental in protecting the soldier to his left from harm. Thus the shield was symbolic of the individual soldier's subordination to his unit, his integral part in its success, and his solemn responsibility to his comrades in arms — messmates and friends, often close blood relations.According to Aristotle, the Spartan military culture was actually short-sighted and ineffective. He observed: It is the standards of civilized men not of beasts that must be kept in mind, for it is good men not beasts who are capable of real courage. Those like the Spartans who concentrate on the one and ignore the other in their education turn men into machines and in devoting themselves to one single aspect of city's life, end up making them inferior even in that.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta
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