Quote Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar
It really spoils the atmosphere of a big battle when you suddenly see that your fighting what looks like 4500 homocidal homosexual soldiers.
I thought that the Spartans made a point of homosexuality among their troops.

Here's a quote from http://people.westminstercollege.edu...rm/battle.html

"In the Spartan army, homosexuality was accepted, even encouraged-it was a mark of shame if a younger soldier was not courted by an elder; the theory was that it encouraged unity, as well as battlefield glory-a soldier would not want to shame himself in front of his lover by pulling back from a fight, or flinching before the enemy."

If I see 4500 Spartans coming at me, my response is generally: