08-12-2007, 05:52 PM
What is the website? I don't think you are the one who needs help :wink:
The idea that Spartans were slow to adopt new Theban tactics is to not realize that the tactics were specifically designed to counter Spartan superiority on the battlefield. A 50 rank phalanx of Homoioi would have been less than 20 ranks wide in 362- not so impressive.
Considering that Mantinea was the biggest draw in the ancient world, the Spartans and Mantineans did quite well in killing Epaminondas and all the other Thebans with the authority to carry on his hegemony. The problem lay more with the Athenians on the other wing failing to capitolize on the mayhem to their right.
The idea that Spartans were slow to adopt new Theban tactics is to not realize that the tactics were specifically designed to counter Spartan superiority on the battlefield. A 50 rank phalanx of Homoioi would have been less than 20 ranks wide in 362- not so impressive.
Considering that Mantinea was the biggest draw in the ancient world, the Spartans and Mantineans did quite well in killing Epaminondas and all the other Thebans with the authority to carry on his hegemony. The problem lay more with the Athenians on the other wing failing to capitolize on the mayhem to their right.
Paul M. Bardunias
MODERATOR: [url:2dqwu8yc]http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=4100[/url]
A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
MODERATOR: [url:2dqwu8yc]http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=4100[/url]
A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
