Why would the Spartans fight a Spartan army?
At the pass of Thermopylae 300 Spartan heavy infantry and 2,100 Spartan light infantry were part of a Greek force of about 8,000 which fought a delaying action against a Persian army in 480 BCE.
Thermopylae!
Helots were important because they revolted often. The average Spartan citizen had 12 helots to himself. So, the helots outnumbered the Spartans. The helots' large rebellions caused the Spartans to strenghten their army. This constant test of military ability made the Spartan military strong and powerful.
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Spartan Slaves, or to be more accurate, serfs, were called helots. Sparta became the military state as most know it by today after a revolution of the helots, in which many Spartans died, but were able to gain control over the helots and began to build a viscous army
Because the Greeks found an extremely narrow canyon, about 20 ft, where they fought knowing that the Persians could not suround them, so numbers would not be such a large factor. The Persians knew this, so before clashing swords the rained upon them with arrows for one day straight, devistating the Greek army, then from the cliffs the tossed down boulders. later they found a passage around and surprised the Greek army from behind, destroying them. There were 3,000 Greek casualties and 2,000 Persian casualties in the end.
Pericles had to over come him knowing the power of the Spartan's army before they went into battle with the Spartans.
The battle of Thermopylae was fought between Greek mainland cities led by Sparta and a Persian invading army. If you have ever seen the movie 300 that's what it is. But there were also about 5,000 non-Spartan troops with the Spartans.
Spartans suck
At the Pass of Thermopylai a Greek force led by a Spartan king delayed the Persian army for three days.
The main Spartan army was kept at home to guard against a threatened Persian amphibious invasion.
Thermopylae!
After a battle or campaign was concluded.
Yes the Persians did defeat the 300 Spartans and Greeks, but after, a double spy led the Persians to the wrong straight after destroying Athens. The Greek fleet overwhelemed the Persians, so the Persians retrieted. The Persian bridge that was biult was destroyed and the the Greeks kept part of the bridge as a trophy. With Persia now out of their homeland, the Spartans and Athenians teamed up once more and went to battle with the Persians. The battle of Persia and Sparta/Athens lasted 3 years. The Spartan/Athenian army defeted the Persians!Persia lost against the Spartans/Athenians!
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Helots were important because they revolted often. The average Spartan citizen had 12 helots to himself. So, the helots outnumbered the Spartans. The helots' large rebellions caused the Spartans to strenghten their army. This constant test of military ability made the Spartan military strong and powerful.
Greek. To note, the Spartans are what we conisder today as Greek; but they were focused on their Army rather than their Navy.
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