spartan army at Mantinea 418 BC

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Hey Paul,this will lead nowhere. Or if you think it will,here is not the appropriate thread I think. The whole notion that in war someone has to be good and someone bad is wrong. Hollywood's notion in fact,and propaganda above all. So the good study of the war is essentian,but not to find who's the good,who's the bad and who's the ugly.
Marcvs75 (who by the way has to right his real name) has made a good point. Where are the rest of Perioikoi in Mantineia? Could it be that only 600 Perioikoi fought in Mantineia? Could it be that the Perioikoi stayed home to guard the Helots and defend their homes in case the battle was lost? Of course some will say that they were among the homioi and were counted all together
Khairete
Giannis