No great philosophers would ever arise from spartan culture the way they did from athens. All claim goes directly to jerry palotta, the author and roman heusser, the song writerpublisher. I dont get why almost everybody makes a spartan bad ass. Thucydides wrote a book called the history of the peloponnesian war. Roman empire was truly the worlds first superpower while sparta was merely a regional power though one that earned respect and admiration in its time. Roman republic will have a tough fight on their hands due to even numbers, spartans win 6070% of the time. The greek and roman warriors are remembered for their power, their strength and their ability to strategise.
Battle of thermopylae spartans vs persians youtube. To those who dont know much about the actual battle. Sparta and athens had a lot in common when it comes to the civic organisation, the. So by a small amount the roman soldier should defeat a spartan warrior in the field of battle. Picture of spartas theater, built by the romans in 30. Spartan general lysander is killed by theban forces at the battle of hallartos. After all, the roman legionary was able to defeat the macedonian phalanx. By the time rome came into power, sparta was pretty much gone. If your talking about one spartan vs one legionaire in a sword fight the spartan would win. Western democracy traces its roots to ancient greece, a land of squabbling citystates. The corinthian wars between sparta and an alliance of athens, corinth, argos, boeotia and thebes.
The trojan war was a war between the ancient greek citystate troy and the ancient greek citystate of sparta and their allies. Rome at its peak vs sparta at its peak total war forums. However, the roman empire had a half of a millenia to advance their technology, and had the manipular legion, specifically designed to counter the phalanx. So 1 standard roman army vs 1 standard spartan army both at their peak fight, who do you think would win. John prine, the raspyvoiced countryfolk singer whose ingenious lyrics to songs by turns poignant, angry and comic made him a favorite of bob.
Who would win in a war, the spartans or the romans answers. The siege of gythium was fought in 195 bc between sparta and the coalition of rome, rhodes. Was the roman army stronger than the spartan army answers. It was 300 spartans the kings royal gaurd 700 thespians and acouple thousand greeks and there full number equaled about 5 thoudsand. There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in epic battle simulator. Roman legionairres vs greek spartans, who would win. You could take any modern day special forces unit and have them face a decently trained regular infantry unit that uses.
The roman is using technology more advanced than the spartan so that alone should swing it. Was the spartan agoge education system still in use at the time of the roman invasion of greece. Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in sparta to. Who do you think would win between a formation that uses the techniques designed by alexander the. Asked in ancient history, history of the middle east, who would win who did the roman army win their. Answer 2 they did defeat the spartans aka the achean war actually a spartan would win. But who would win in a battle between a roman legion and a greek phalanx. Nabis attacked gythium two or three years later only to retreat after being unable to. Amongst these warring citystates arose athens, and a group of men who had a. I would like to invite avid readers of military history check out this book available on. Pericles felt athens would win a quick victory over sparta. Even the name sparta is from a verb meaning i sow or to sow. What is the difference between a spartan and a trojan.
Nov 3, 2014 spartan hoplite phalanx vs roman legion. Clash of the deadly rivals at the height of its power, rome not only. Romans would win they had superior weaponry and armor they had better battle tactics and gave no mercy. Answer 2 they did defeat the spartans aka the achean war actually a spartan would win because his training was to make him invunrable to almost anything. Geno martinez, read some books and played some games about warfare. Spartas enemies, when facing the intimidating spartan forces, would see a wall of. Picture of spartas theater, built by the romans in 30 b. The war started because paris from troy went to sparta as a guest of. Sparta and athens had a lot in common when it comes to the civic organisation, the structure. Spartan with master chief facing leonidas in this episode of epic rap battles of history. Who would win in a war, the spartans or the romans.
Roman empire will probably win around 95% of the time. The spartans were some of the greatest soldiers of all time, but that isnt as great an advantage as people make it out to be. A veteran roman legionnaire or an elite spartan warrior. What if the two would go into battle against each other. I recreated a scenario of the traditional spartan phalanx about 5th century bc fighting against a cohortal roman legion 1st century ad.
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