09-01-2006, 02:34 AM
To clarify... the Spartans did not wear the lamvtha on their shields at that period (like it says in the book), that probably occured about 5-50 years later (not sure of the exact year). Leonidas would have the solar design, which I've made as my avatar, the other Spartans would have a mixture of about 14 different designs - Stefanos could educate you further on this.
'Barefoot' wise, I still hold onto a belief that it was the soldier's choice on whether or not they wore sandals (though granted, in some areas it would be stupid not to).
Pressfield's description of the agoge is relatively accurate... but of course, the Spartans did not use 17th-21st century slang and curse words!
'Barefoot' wise, I still hold onto a belief that it was the soldier's choice on whether or not they wore sandals (though granted, in some areas it would be stupid not to).
Pressfield's description of the agoge is relatively accurate... but of course, the Spartans did not use 17th-21st century slang and curse words!
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