The Sons of Hercules----A Spartan aar

Summer 271 bc:

The great city of Athens has fallen to us, reported the younger brother of King Antigonos, Kalos. Shortly afterwards, his admiral reported that the port of Rhodes had surrendered. Now, only Sparta remains unbowed and defiant. Oh well, they could wait, decided Antigonos. Sparta, as everyone knew, was but a shadow of its former glory. Epirus was by far the greater threat and it was imperative to eliminate them first.

In Sparta, King Areus watching his men drill when the herald reported the bad news to him. The king took it in his stride---Athens was essentially indefensible with its weak military, while Rhodes was of little relevance to the Spartans, who did not have a fleet. He ordered his army, recently strengthened with Perioikoi and other Laconians he had enrolled as full Spartiatai to march on Corinth.

The assault on the city was a major Spartan defeat. Both King Areus and Cheremonides were killed by the Macedonians. Areus’s son, Akroatros, took the battered army back to Sparta, where he was confirmed as the new Aigiad king. A few months later, he took his army back to Corinth and laid siege to the city again. After a few months, he decided to assault the city. This time, he won a resounding victory. The entire Macedonian army was destroyed and the entire Peloponnese submitted to Spartan rule. Akroatros did not stop here though. After bringing up reinforcements from Sparta, he marched his army across the Isthmus and invested Athens.

It's Herakles, not that Barbaric blasphemation of a mock name.

And for heaven's sake, it's "Perioikoi".

Guys, take it easy.

Keep the stuff going, Stratēgos Rōmēs. And if you do decide you need any help with the Greek, feel free to ask me for help. This includes anything historical about the Greeks as well. I'll help as much as I can. Provided though that you live up to the legacy of Leōnidas and show the rest that THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA!

Maion

And on that note:

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The siege of Athens:

Under the leadership of the two kings of Sparta, the massive Greek army of over 17000 men laid siege to Athens. There were over 6000 Spartan hoplites, 1000 Thoriakitai, 1000 mercenary Hippeis, 1200 helots fighting as slingers, 1600 Thracian mercenaries and nearly 900 Arcadian hoplites. Against this laid a Macedonian army led by Kalos Argeades. His force slightly outnumbered the Spartans but most of his troops were Psiloi and freed slaves. Despite this, he had great confidence in Athens's city walls.

Unfortunately for him though, Spartan sympathizers within the city sabotaged the city gates, allowing the Spartans to assault the city immediately. Ignoring the missiles from the towers, the hoplites pushed forward amd seized the main gate, where they were confronted by a large body of freed slaves and Psiloi. These troops were slaughtered quickly, but the Macedonian Hetairoi charged out and stopped the Spartans from pursuing. In the narrow city streets, the calvary lost their main advantage of speed and were cut to pieces by the spears of the Spartans. Soon only Kalos himself remained alive. The handful of remaining phalangitai were surrounded and cut down by the Spartans, while Kalos was killed by a Spartan when rallying his troops.

Good job. this is interesting. Do your best to keep it coming.