Spartan Warriors Equipment and Training Explained

This is Sparta! Okay so today we are checking out some of the extreme training and combat equipment used by some of the most feared warriors to have ever lived: The Spartans. Find out what kind of weapons these fearless warriors carried into battle and how their military tactics helped them dominate wars against the Persians!

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[theconqueringram]

The Spartans were also known for their witticism. When a Spartan king was being pestered by someone who wanted to know who the most exemplary Spartan was the king said "He who is least like you.". Their witticism was known to be short, dry and blunt and has become known as the 'laconic phrase'.

[fried.rooster]

"Spartan warrior never let his back hit the ground, even in death a Spartan stands tall for battle."

-Kratos, GOW: Ghost of Sparta

[cardinal]

"All spartans are great warriors, duty, discipline, life was grim and we greeted it grimly"

[RiadRiad]

If they put these videos in school for history, I'd be interested

[Beakiek]

“If I invade Lakonia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.”
-Philip II of Macedon
“If”
-Sparta

[GlamorousTitanic]

Interesting fact. Only Spartan soldiers who died in combat and women who died in childbirth were allowed to be buried with a gravestone.

[SpartanIsGaming]

“This is where we fight! This is where they die!” Gotta love Spartans

[ryanw]

Xerxes: Our arrows will blot out the sun
Leonidas: Then we will fight in the shade

[Monatio]

Fun fact. Spartan training was so rigorously brutal that they viewed warfare as a walk in the park.

[fotissk]

Fun fact about the shields.

The Spartans were punished if at any moment they placed their shield on the ground with its inner side (the "dome" where the straps are) facing down.

The shield was the most important part of their equipment - even more important than the spear- and it was larger, thicker and heavier than your "standard" shield at the time.

So, if the shield was placed on the ground with its inner side down and the soldier needed to quickly pick it up due to an emergency, he would have to turn it over first, wasting precious seconds for himself and most importantly for the phalanx.

That's why whenever they had to place their shield on the ground, it was always inner side up.

[texisman]

fun fact: everybody is first until they refresh

[Illuminati-czmg]

Fun fact Spartans don’t die they are missing in action, Catherine Halsy
It’s a halo reference

[parsathend]

I was playing assessins creed odyssey 😂😂

[gameknight]

the only thing more vicious and bloodthirsty than a spartan soldier is a 8 year old on gta5 online

[nejinaji]

Samurai start at 6, Spartans start at 7. Gonna start my daughter somewhere in there.

[patrickweber]

Paunisanias: "I never got that loyalty thing."

[philipenos]

King Leonidas: Give them nothing but taking everything from them.

[Illuminati-czmg]

The halo music is playing chief, let’s finish this

[ariselvidge]

Me sees that I'm early.:My brain QUICK THINK OF SOMETHIN G FUNNY TO SAY

[pogglethelesser]

How was their typical sparing? Fist and Kick Fights?