Spartan army

The Spartan army was the center of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, where citizens were trained in the disciplines and honor of a warrior society. Spartan citizens were subjected to military training from a young age and they became one of the most feared military forces in the Greek world.
Notable members of the army include Leonidas I of Sparta, Dienekes, Nikolaos, Stentor, Brasidas, and Thaletas.
==History==
In 480 BCE, at the Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas I of Sparta led an army of 300 Spartans to defend a narrow passage way Malis against the Achaemenid Empire.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Prologue
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans were deployed across Greece and served as one of the primary armies of the Peloponnesian League. In this capacity, they fought against the army deployed by Athens and the Delian League.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
In 431 BCE, the Spartan general Nikolaos led an invasion of Megaris alongside his adopted son Stentor. With the assistance of the misthios Kassandra, they defeated the Athenians and claimed the region for Sparta.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Final Push
==Wars and battles==
===Greco-Persian Wars===
*Battle of Thermopylae
*Battle of Salamis
*Battle of Plataia
*Battle of Marathon
===Peloponnesian War===
*Battle of Potidaea
*Battle of Megara
*Battle for the Silver Islands
*Battle of Pylos
*Battle of Sphakteria
*Battle of Amphipolis
==Military units==
ACOD Symbol of Sparta.PNG|Symbol of Sparta and the military
ACOD Spartan shield.png|A shield used by the Spartans
ACOD - Spartan hopelite render.png|A Spartan phalangite
ACOD_Spartan_brute.png|A Spartan hypatist
ACOD_Spartan_Strategos.png|A Sparta polemarch
ACOD_Spartan_berserker.png|A Spartan strategos
ACOD_Spartan_Heavy_soldier.png|A Spartan ekdromos
==Behind the scenes==
In Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, specific units of the Spartan army carried specific default weapons: brutes bore Stone Axes, the heavy soldiers had kopides, while both the light soldiers and hoplites used javelins. The strategoi, anachronistically, carried around polearms akin to a voulge.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
*Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
**Spears for Hire 
**For Democracy!
**Echoes Through the Animus
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR
==References==
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Category:Military forces