The Spartan with A FLY ON HIS SHIELD

This video covers the interesting story given by Plutarch regarding the Spartan who painted a life-sized fly on his shield.

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[MadeInChina]

The real quote is "when I smash down on my enemies my emblem (the fly) will seem like it is the size of a lion!" Meaning he was gonna cave some guy's face in with his shield

[swissmilitischristilxxii]

I love these corinthian helmets with transversal crest.

[Nervii_Champion]

I think the Attic and Phyrgian helmets with engraved mouth guards on them are probably the coolest helmets I've ever seen.

[randomanonymousperson]

I'm loving the bronze muscle cuirass

[averageexistenceenjoyer]

This makes me think of the time Persians were invading Egypt, and they put the image of Bastet on their shields and threw cats at the Egyptians

[KarelK-rh]

Is there a story behind the scary demon faces on shields?

[pizzapilgrim]

You guys need some muscles to go to that Armour 😉 They definitely had the best looking Armour!

[NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS]

Ican tell easily from the destroyed view by wind turbines on the mountain and by the way Trees had been limed white and the church rocks and mud that those photos are from Hellas😅.Where is this exactly to visit?

[AbdulhamidMohammed]

Perhaps he is nothing of a typical Spartan who wanted to flee from the battlefield, like a fly