Quote Originally Posted by Digby Tatham Warter
I do like the excellent repro armour the Spartans are wearing in that series, I contacted Legion XIV, who are mentioned at the end credits, about the cost of a helmet, and was quoted approax £600 for a helmet, and that was a few years ago.
All other repro I have seen doesn't look anywhere near as good.
I read a lot of other books about Spartans and their equipment.
£600 is surely expensive at that time.

I think it was possible to equip Spartans with expensive equipment because Spartans (who actually fight in battle) had small number and a lot of them owned lands, or estates.

And as far as i know, as Sparta and its power declined while Rome was rising, Spartan equipment also got cheaper and dropped its quality.