Quote Originally Posted by Moromete the Dacian
I'd still rather have them on the streets. They're much more effective there. On the walls they are bound to get overrun by the sheer numbers that the enemy can put on the wall.
Uh, no, not really. If you set an enemy battering ram on fire and force them to come through Spartans on a wall, they might as well go right the hell home. You can't overrun an enemy on a wall simply due to the tiny front your men can bring to bear, not to mention the horrific slaughter as limited numbers of guys are arriving...in the middle of really angry Spartans. You're only going to 'overrun' Spartan hoplites on a wall with ridiculously overwhelming numbers non-stop, (and you'll only get anywhere after the Spartans are exhausted....and they're still tough even then) or by bringing large numbers of Urban Cohorts along to trash them instead.

It would essentially be engaging Spartans entirely on their terms at what they do best; murdering anyone stupid enough to actually get into a fight with them. You'll either throw away untold hundreds of men trying to sweep Spartans off the walls and claim the gate (then likely lose the fight with the timer as the defenders tarry you through the streets), or having to still lose large numbers of ultra elite soldiers to the piecemeal meatgrinder.

*shudder* The thought of trying to get Spartans off a wall is scary.