The+Spartans

** By George Miller **
 * The Spartans **


 * Sparta. People may know it from Zack Snyder’s movie 300 and the famous line THIS IS SPARTA!!! And then kicked him off the balcony thing and he falls and then... Anyway. **
 * Sparta was a leading city located in ancient Greece next to the Eurotas River in Laconia. It was known as quite a unique city **** in ancient Greece because of how much time was focused on battle training and excellence. **
 * Leonidas was Sparta’s leading warrior and king who was killed with the rest of his army when they refused to surrender to the Persians (Ottoman Empire). They were shot by 2 waves of arrows. **
 * The Spartan Army already had reputation as one of Greece’s finest armies by 500 bc. Sparta started to fall after it’s defeat by the Thebans in 371 BC. **