But it is this human reality that makes the actual Spartan warrior relatable, even sympathetic, in a way Leonidas can never be. Take the mostly forgotten general, Brasidas, who, instead of ...

Known as a hoplon—from which is derived the name of its bearer, the hoplite—the shield was, together with the spear, the most important weapon of the Spartan warrior. Each shield was circular ...

The Spartan and his band of warriors are all that stands between the city-state of Sparta and the powerful Roman Empire in SPARTAN: TOTAL WARRIOR.