something wrong with Sparte?

[Megas Methuselah]

Sparta didn't accept new tactics in warfare. I do believe this is represented in game....they get no iphikrates units.

But according to Gosam, they have thorakitai... Wouldn't that be classified as a "new tactic"?

Don't look at me, I dunno.

[antisocialmunky]

Well, thorakitai and its lesser equivalent which I can't spell are basically re-equiped hoplites with javelins that fight in a looser formation which wouldn't be too different from traditional hoplite warfare. However, phalanxes require a larger shift in tactics and strategy along with new training methods. Basically it'd be a very large overhaul of the whole system and the Spartans I guess thought that what worked for them pretty good for the past several hundred years would still work with the proper support.