Any new spartan unit in the making?

[fallen851]

I love this thread, I promise myself I won't respond, but then I just... have to.

I did show evidence. 5th century evidence, indeed, but let us make this very simple.

I have no evidence, I'm only trying to disprove, now do you (since your the one trying to prove) have any evidence?

See you can say the alignment of certain moons in the galaxy are giving you a headache, and when I ask "show me evidence", you can respond "show me evidence that they aren't!" Sadly I cannot prove that the moons are not giving you a headache, but that alone is not proof that they are.

That is essentially what is going on here, there is no evidence so you guys are guessing.

I don't think Spartans wore cloaks and here is my reasoning:

It is certainly one thing for Mithridates soldiers to go into battle in cremonial dress, only to break and run for the hills when the Romans threw their pilums. In fact, a lot of people back then wore stupid things in combat that hampered their ability to fight. But that doesn't mean that everyone did.

Which reminds me again of the Gracie vs Leopold fight I spoke of earlier. For many years in mixed martial arts, people spoke of what "could" but no one really figured anything out, until leagues like the UFC, and Pride actually had people compete. This draws a strong parrell, Mithridates had no clue what he doing, and he faced an army that was experience and "enlightened". Plenty of barbarian armies had this problem.

It doesn't make sense that the Greeks, particularly the Spartans (who had shunned luxuries for centuries), would do such a thing. They knew what had happened in the past. Sure they could mint coins and have luxuries, hell they can wear whatever. Except when they are in battle, I think they would do the same thing they had done previously. Whose call would it have been to say "lets throw on a small red cloak!"? In fact, is was your call, because the more I think about it, the more incredibly stupid that idea would have been to them back then.

It is one thing to mint coins. It is quite another to immitate Mithridates.