Each soldier bore a long lance and (5) a short iron sword. Despite the uniformity in hoplite dress, the Spartan warrior wore a distinctive scarlet cape to protect him from the cold, although it ...

As the Persian army is about to descend upon the small ... This is another real-life quote, spoken by the Spartan warrior Dienekes. When he was told how Persian archers could quite literally ...

Fighters of the 3rd Operational Brigade Spartan named after Colonel Petro Bolbochan of the National Guard of Ukraine, captured a Russian serviceman o ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks, so bloodstains wouldn't show up. They also grew their hair long and would comb it before going into battle. Fighting wars was what the Spartans did best.

His last book is The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy. His short work has appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian magazine, Foreign Policy, the New Republic ...

The 2025 season Spartan Warrior Children’s Race was a thrilling spectacle, wrapping up successfully at Bijiashan Park in Shenzhen from March 15 to 16. With over six thousand young warriors aged 4 to ...

The 2025 season of the Spartan Warrior Children's Race commenced with a thrilling kick-off at Bijia Mountain Park in Shenzhen on March 15-16, engaging over 6,000 young warriors aged 4 to 14. This ...