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Re: History of the Spartans
Posted By: HarryDate: 11/2/01 11:13 a.m.

In Response To: History of the Spartans (Inverted Sock Puppet)

: Basically the Spartans are the freaks of the Roman Empire, they were easily
: the best warriors of their time. The Spartan children were brought up in a
: normal way during their time up until the age of 9, when they were put in
: training camps. They lived in camps and trained until they were about 20
: (not really sure on that), and then tried to join the army. There were
: essentially clans in the army and you were forced to join one of these if
: you wanted to be in the army. The problem was that you had to be voted
: into a clan, so if they didn't vote you in, tough luck. Once you retired
: form the army you were given a wife and told to have however many children
: they wanted you to have, and basically worked on a farm until you died.

That's interesting, because in The Fall of Reach all Spartans were "kidnapped" at the age of 6 and brought to a training camp where they did physical and mental training all their life until they were twenty-five or so

: * The Spartans didn't socialise well with people that were not Spartans, and were basically considered the outcasts of the Empire.

Hrm. Well the spartans in the novel don't mingle with other marines. ONI tries to keep them secret but word gets out. This is why marines gawk when they see some. They hear of their "legend" but never see them until that moment.

: * Many historians believed that as a general rule the Spartans were
: homosexuals. They think this because every boy was surrounded only by men

Well in The Fall of Reach it's a mix of boys and girls. :) Their sexual drive is suppressed too, I think.

: from the age of 9, until they retired. Also the women were made to look
: like men, they had to have very short hair, they were allowed to wear no
: make-up, etc.

Yeah, girls had short hair in the novel.

: * The Spartan's city-state (Sparta) was inland, and deep inside the Roman
: Empire, so basically there was very little chance of being attacked, but
: no one was willing to attack the place where all those freaks came from,
: so there was almost no chance of them being attacked. But still, the
: fanatical Spartans had their city arranged in roughly a circular shape,
: with the merchants on the outside, then the slaves, then the weapon
: makers, then in the middle themselve. This was so that if anyone attacked,
: they would have to wade through the masses of peasants before they
: actually got to the Spartans.

The Spartans in the novel originate on the planet Reach, deep within the inner colonies of the humans and heavily defended with ground and air troops.

-Harry

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Replies:

History of the SpartansInverted Sock Puppet 11/1/01 11:59 p.m.
     Re: History of the SpartansHarry 11/2/01 11:13 a.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansTynskel 11/2/01 12:21 p.m.
                 Re: History of the SpartansInverted Sock Puppet 11/2/01 10:57 p.m.
     Re: History of the Spartanshero 11/5/01 2:38 a.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansInverted Sock Puppet 11/5/01 7:41 p.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansCypriana22 9/12/03 6:18 p.m.
                 It won't stop! What the hell is this? *NM*Boomer 9/12/03 7:37 p.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansAnnie 11/23/03 8:32 p.m.
                 Re: History of the SpartansSpeaker-To-Animals 11/23/03 9:07 p.m.
                 Re: History of the Spartanselliott 11/24/03 6:54 a.m.
                 Re: History of the SpartansScifiteki 11/24/03 11:13 a.m.
                       L.O.L. *NM*D-M.A. 11/25/03 7:33 a.m.
                 Re: History of the SpartansScifiteki 11/24/03 11:42 a.m.
     Re: History of the SpartansTony Hawk 10/10/03 8:54 a.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansScifiteki 10/10/03 4:57 p.m.
                 Cheers for calling this one sci ;) *NM*zudo 10/11/03 3:02 a.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansSpeaker-To-Animals 10/10/03 6:53 p.m.
     Re: History of the SpartansRenos 12/6/03 2:41 a.m.
           ouch!elliott 12/6/03 6:24 a.m.
           Re: History of the SpartansSpeaker-To-Animals 12/6/03 5:35 p.m.



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