tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720293417096393201.post2369105524651822594..comments2023-09-24T03:04:45.577-07:00Comments on The History Man: The Strange Behaviour of the Spartans at the Olympic GamesRupert Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114156158920754888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720293417096393201.post-42876279390865722122018-10-11T10:51:52.894-07:002018-10-11T10:51:52.894-07:00
The professional and well-trained Spartan hoplite...<br />The professional and well-trained Spartan hoplites with their distinctive red cloaks, long hair, and lambda-emblazoned shields were probably the best and most feared fighters in Greece, fighting with distinction at such key battles asThermopylae and Plataea in the early 5th century BCE. The city was also in constant rivalry with the other major Greek cities ofAthens and Corinth and became involved in two protracted and hugely damaging conflicts, the Peloponnesian Wars of the mid- to late 5th century BCE and the Corinthian Wars of in the early 4th century BCEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720293417096393201.post-67927428584804381642016-06-18T23:43:06.782-07:002016-06-18T23:43:06.782-07:00The professional and well-trained Spartan hoplites...The professional and well-trained Spartan hoplites with their distinctive red cloaks, long hair, and lambda-emblazoned shields were probably the best and most feared fighters in Greece, fighting with distinction at such key battles asThermopylae and Plataea in the early 5th century BCE. The city was also in constant rivalry with the other major Greek cities ofAthens and Corinth and became involved in two protracted and hugely damaging conflicts, the Peloponnesian Wars of the mid- to late 5th century BCE and the Corinthian Wars of in the early 4th century BCE.<a href="http://whistory.org" rel="nofollow">I liked your blog, Take the time to visit the me and say that the change in design and meniu?</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405664942732517369noreply@blogger.com