Spear and sword.
The Spartans used weapons so they could have extra help in war
Spartans in War wore armor to protect themselves from weapons.
Sparta and Athens were allies against Persia in the Persian War.
Yes.
The Persian invasion of peninsular Greece 480-479 BCE.
The battle of Thermopylae.
The defence of the pass at Thermopylae by 7,000 Greek soldiers, including the Spartans, lasted three days.
Spears, swords, bows.
Arcadian War, Argive War, Messenian War, Persian war, Peloponnesian War, Corinthian War, Boeotian War.
The Spartans combined with the other southern Greek states to repel a Persian invasion designed to incorporate mainland Greece within the Persian empire in 480-479 BCE.It is often called today the Persian War, however the Greeks fought the Persians off and on over two hundred years.
Sparta: Eurybiades and Pausanias. Athens: Miltiades. Themistocles, Xanthippos. Cimon
The Spartans were involved in the Persian Wars, particularly the battle of Thermopylae (where 300 Spartans famously held off the Persians), the Peloponnesian War (against the Athenians), and other minor skirmishes with neighboring city states, which usually ended with the Spartans conquering the other city state.