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Old 2007-03-08, 18:40   Link #10
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Originally Posted by kayos View Post
Well considering the fact that they held their position because it was in a small strait between mountains or cliffs. The Persians had the numbers but the Spartans had better fighter, and the Persians were restricted to send small numbers at a time cause of the strait. I don't know which battle it was but that's all I remember from the great Spartan Wars where so few defeated so many.
Yeah, OK, but you have to consider that they had to be extremely good fighters. Facing a couple of enemies in a row, I can concede, but for wiping out such huge numbers you'd need godlike stamina.

But then again, I'm not fully informed about the battle and I'm too lazy to look for any info on it.
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