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if the 300 Spartans and their band of Arcadian's were to fight General Maximus Army, could they win?

could they maintain the Hot gates?

Spartans FTW!

Romans will kick ***.

Spartans wouldnīt stand a chance, the Romans were better organized, trained and advanced in military tactics.

Anyone who chooses the Spartans has let themselves be mislead by a excellent movie.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Spartans wouldnīt stand a chance, the Romans were better organized, trained and advanced in military tactics.

Anyone who chooses the Spartans has let themselves be mislead by a excellent movie.

Just replay the opening seen in Gladiator.

Maximus from the movie???

Either way, Maximus stomps, his army was like in the thousands (or at least I think), and Maximus was a military genius...

Plus, they have superior tech and all, with seige engines that would tear apart the spartan formation(s) and superior weapons/armor.

The Romans Got their concepts of Warfare from the Greeks so its not fare to say Legionaries would win. You are talking about a 700 year difference. Man to Man, Roman to Spartan....The Spartans would win. They trained from birth to be warriors. The Romans did it to gain Citizenship and a lucrative life. There is to much of a difference to compare the two.

But a battle isnīt man to man is it, its about tactics weaponry & military training. Which due to the 700 odd years you mentioned, the Romans would win hands down.

The Romans used similar training and strategies that the Spartans employed. Spartans may possess sharper discipline but with Maximus leading the army i don't think that will be an issue here. I think 300 Spartans vs 300 hardened Roman soldiers is a fair fight...,this is just a massacre, especially when the Romans have big ass catapults and armored soldiers.

Originally posted by Lycanthrope
The Romans Got their concepts of Warfare from the Greeks so its not fare to say Legionaries would win. You are talking about a 700 year difference. Man to Man, Roman to Spartan....The Spartans would win. They trained from birth to be warriors. The Romans did it to gain Citizenship and a lucrative life. There is to much of a difference to compare the two.

They may have got it from them, but they also made improvements upon it that make it superior to the Greek fighting style.

Romans would kill the spartans
the romans huge shields would counter the the sparans spears and the romans organization would win the day

The 300 will be wiped from the face of the earth, the Roman War machines would rip them apart.

I think it would be a tie.

Originally posted by island-is-stone
I think it would be a tie.

If this were a fair match pitting 300 Spartans vs 300 Romans i definitely agree but this is an entire army with the same basic technology and tactics vs 300 Spartans.

The roman tactict can easily beat the phalanx as befor they charge they throw their pila which will break apart the phalanx formation and the they charge

plus they had catapults