This is a matter of historical speculation but both 'styles' of the body armour may have been worn either as a matter of choice or necessity . Personally I think the cuirass was worn by the Spartan hoplite .
The Battle of Thermopylae is the historical name for the battle where the 300 Spartans fought.
battle of thermopylae
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The Battle of Thermopylae .(the 300 Spartans were part of a 7,000-strong Greek force which held the pass).The Battle of Thermopylae.It was not just 300 Spartans, it was a force of about 7,000 from several Greek cities.
Ephialtes of Trachis told the persians about a hidden path behind the mountains.
The Spartans and the Persians
The Battle of Thermopylae is the historical name for the battle where the 300 Spartans fought.
battle of thermopylae
The narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae . August or September 480 BC
the battle was called the battle of thermopylae
Thermopylae in Greece .
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The battle of Thermopylae.
The Spartans fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae .
The Spartans were the Greeks that lost to the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae
Thermopylae.480 BCE.
It is estimated that there were three-hundred Spartan Hoplites who died in the defense of the pass at Thermopylae .