09-06-2006, 09:22 PM
Quote:Mhh. I think you a believer in the 'alomst-myth' of the superhuman Spartan warrior, aren't you?Yup!
Quote:But even though these men were great warriors with a very strict and heavy education and training, they were by no means as superior as they are sometimes presented. I mean, Sparta did not military dominate Greece all the time, did it?Sparta failed to dominate Greece because:
And when it came to war between Sparta and Athene, Sparta won but not without years and years of fighting.
It had less allies;
It had far less men;
It had too confident and stupid leaders;
During the peloponesian war it's navy was still developing while the athenian navy was developed as hell. :evil:
And don't you think that TEN YEARS of THE thoughest training of human history can make a lot of difference? What about their morale? I don't think a 3 MONTHS training and a few years of battle experience can be compared to that..... :evil:
Do you?
Francisco Machado aka M.ilionario
Atheist
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war" - Napoleon Bonaparte
Atheist
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war" - Napoleon Bonaparte