Units of History: The Skiritai - Sparta's Elite Irregulars DOCUMENTARY
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@InvictaHistory · 5 years ago · pinned
Find out what it was like to raise a Spartan army: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvbKAnvI4Tc">https://youtu.be/xvbKAnvI4Tc</a>
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@acerock013 · 5 years ago
Their transition from the Mechanicum to the Adeptus Mechanicus is a really fascinating period as well.
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@Γιάννης4527 · 5 years ago
I am from Greece and I live in Arcadia. My village is called Vlachokerasia and it belonged until recently to the former municipality of Skiritida which covered roughly all the lands of the ancient Skiritai. There is also a village nearby called Karyes from where the caryatid statues of the Acropolis in Athens take their names. I would like to mention that the Skiritai during the battle of Thermopylae attacked the Persian camp at night and tried to assassinate king Xerxes but he was not in his royal tent at that time and they only managed to kill two of his brothers. Their official symbol was the white hawk.
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@Music-sm9bq · 5 years ago
Leonidas: Arkadian what is your profession ? <br><br>Arkadian : Skiritai sir<br><br>Leonidas : Oh
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@oddish2253 · 5 years ago
Modern armies - we should train our men like Spartans.<br><br>Actual spartans -refusing to follow direct order from the commanding officer during combat due to it being "a bad idea".
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@Señor-Donjusticia · 5 years ago
I read the title as “The Skitarii”. <br><br>Praise the Omnissiah
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@Quagigitymire · 4 years ago
It's so refreshing to hear a documentary actually admit uncertainty and express a realistic degree of the factual evidence upon which the merits of what's being said is based on.
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@j.jbodvar8195 · 5 years ago
Are we just gonna ignore that brilliant reference?<br>"With particular set of skills, acquired over a long career"
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@SteampunkGent · 5 years ago
Please do not assume that linothorax was a "light" armour because it was made of linen. I have made linothorax with natural glues such as casein and blood. 8 layer linothorax is more resistant to penetration and deformation than boiled leather and I'm fairly certain that 12 or 16 layer is at least as resistant as bronze. Waterproofing can be achieved through the use of linseed oil either natural or as artists stand oil, additionally beeswax can be rubbed into the surface.<br><br>Note: one glue that should NOT be used is rabbit skin glue or hide glue, it is too brittle and too vulnerable to damp.
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@terrenusvitae · 5 years ago
I am thoroughly embarrassed that I didn't even know this unit existed
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@MCorpReview · 5 years ago
It’s amazing how u find obscure topics like this and Carthaginian sacred band. Invicta is the true victor in the blood 🩸 soaked monetization battlefield that is you tube. For glory!!!
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@giacomoromano8842 · 5 years ago (edited)
Me, seeing invicta posted a video: "Oh? A episode over Sparta again? Hmmm, i am kind of saturated by things over Sparta as i recovered their videos, i wonder how they can make this interesting..."<br><b>Liam Neeson quote</b><br>"Ok, you have my attention."
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