04-10-2007, 11:04 PM
Look I dont mean to say that "bold Leonidas and his brave 300" single handedly won the war and saved greece, or that they were the greatest ones to ever draw a sword, but Leonidas is well whorthy of being in tier 3.and as for breaking the will of his enemy, the Persain army marched into greece expecting little resistence along the way to Athens. The stand of the 7 thousand changed that, and yes I know they had lost 10 years before at Marathon but loseing when you have 3 to 1 odds and loseing when you have 200 to 1 odds are a bit diffrent.
I also know we do not have any records of the vast amount of wars fought by Sparta in Leonidas life but we do know that sparta went to war just about every summer and that Leonidas was the more war like out of the two spartan kings, so its logical that he was a very experinced and skilled leader of men at arms. And I dont exactly inspireing all the rest of greece to fight to the death a "failute to meet expectations". Any man willing to make that sacriface so the rest of his men can get away safely is for damn sure the actions of a worthy and great general
I also know we do not have any records of the vast amount of wars fought by Sparta in Leonidas life but we do know that sparta went to war just about every summer and that Leonidas was the more war like out of the two spartan kings, so its logical that he was a very experinced and skilled leader of men at arms. And I dont exactly inspireing all the rest of greece to fight to the death a "failute to meet expectations". Any man willing to make that sacriface so the rest of his men can get away safely is for damn sure the actions of a worthy and great general
Valour is the strength, not of arms and legs,but of the heart and soul
-Lee
-Lee
