Re: [Epic] Harsh conditions = tough warriors

From: Seth Ben-Ezra <Azathoth_at_...>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:37:56 -0500

On 27 Jan 97 at 8:52, duckrvr_at_... wrote:

> At 15:53 01/27/1997 +0800, you wrote:
>
> >Are you referring to the battle of Thermopyle (sp?) I thought only 300
> >Spartans took part in that and they all died holding the Persians (?) which
> >allowed the other city states to come together and later beat the Persians
> >to a pulp ?
> >
> >Regards
> >Oki
> >p.s. At least u took world civ, me, I did South East Asian civ :-)
>
> Um, maybe. That sounds correct, but I thought it was a considerably larger
> force of Spartans.
>
> Trying desperately to remember, now that someone called my bluff,
> Temp

It was only 300 Spartans. The final blow was struck in a naval battle
by the Athenians, but the Spartans were, by far, better soldiers. As I
recall, Athens later lost the Peloponnesian War to Sparta.

Seth Ben-Ezra
Great Wolf
Received on Mon Jan 27 1997 - 17:37:56 UTC