How to recreate the Battle of Termopylae?

[Calypze]

I was looking at the custom maps, and saw Termopylae among them. And as I recently watched 300, I felt I wanted to recreate the Battle of Termopylae, within what the engine allows.

And I'm aware that 300 isn't exactly a historical movie. So yes, I want to play the real thing, as it really was in history.

So, given that EB takes place a few centuries later, with unit types accordingly, which factions and troops should be used for recreating Termopylae?


Btw, while we're at it, what good sites are there about ancient Sparta?

[A Very Super Market]

I don't really know, I doubt that Spartan and Classical Hoplites in EB have changed much from that period. The Greeks like their hoplites....

For Persia, Archer-Spearmen, and Archers were definitely used, but there are no chariots for them, nor immortals. I doubt it is possible to get a realistic result anyways, since the AI will most likely attack like idiots.

[Africanvs]

I would use spartan hoplites naturally, and some classical hoplites as well to represent sparta's allies that were present. I've never played that map, but make sure you have enough men to completely block the hot gates. Might want to give them some experience chevrons too. For the enemy I would use Pahlava. Throw a whole bunch of persian archer-spearmen, and parthian spearmen at them. Maybe choose some kind of elite infantry to represent immortals. It's not the easiest thing to do the whole battle, because there were so many phases to it. As for web sites, google Sparta and you'll be swimming in them. I couldn't tell you what the best ones are, I'd recommend reading a book though.

[seienchin]

I played the map and it was really dissapointing. Doesnt seem to have any kind of link to the battle. Probably its just the battlemap from the campain, when you fight between athens and demetrias.
Anyway, 5 Units of spartans. one of it generals unit vs an army composed of archer spearmen, median cavallery, chariots (There are chariots for seleukia or Pontos in EB), maybe heavy babylonian infantry and you can use syrian archers as immortals. Eastern skirmishers are also a good choice to represent persian infantry.

[SwissBarbar]

Yes, I've tried it before. There's no gates.

[Phalanx300]

Looking at the number of soldiers on the Greek side(considering 300 men is about 1 unit):

1 Spartiatai Hoplitai, as the Spartan Hippeis(as far as it really might be the Hippeis, if so a chevron is in place ).

3 Akontistai, as the Spartan Helots who were forced to fight and probably with a big part of them also fighting till death!

3 Hoplitai, the Periokoi allies of the Spartans.

2 Hoplitai, the Mantineans.

2 Hoplitai, the Tegeans.

1 Hoplitai, Arcadian Orchomenos, Philians, Mycenaeans. (combined to make 1 unit of Hoplitai)

3 Hoplitai, other Arcadians.

1 Hoplitai, Corinthians.

2 Hoplitai, Thespians.

1 Hoplitai, Thebans.

3 Hoplitai, Phocians.

3 Hoplitai, Opuntian Lokrians.

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1 Spartiatai Hoplitai
3 Akontistai
21 Hoplitai

Mmm, ok that didn't work out. For a stack the best would prob be: 1 Spartiatai, 3 Akontistai, 16 Hoplitai.

But that would been thousands of Persian stacks.

I'm just gonna keep it with the last battle: 1 Spartiatai, 3 Akontistai, 3 Hoplitai (Thespians + Thebans).