Sorry the tueth is that spartans would win, period. This is not a Q about 1000 mongols vs 300 spartans but equal numbers and it goes like this;
1) Spartans soldiers were the best of the best and would be considered today as the same as SPECIAL FORCES. Superior tactics and extreme disclipine + medium and heavy armor.
2) Mongols tactics were solely based on SMASH AND GRAB. Riding horses helped greatly against infantry but not seige warfare. However the mongols were not riding theroughbreds, yet small highland horses that were about the size of a current day "jackass" or "burrow" and were SLOW. Mongols wore cloth and leather armor simply because the horses they rode, couldnt care any more weight!
Bottom line: Spartans 1 Mongols 0
sure the mongols could ride around the spartans phalanx, but arrows couldnt pierce heavy armor or the phalanx, then what are the mongols to do when there out of ammo, riding on a horse that cant run faster than a dog.
2007-03-06 12:14:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Mongol horses were small but wiry, strong and had great endurance. The problem with your question is that the Spartons were not mobile and would be over run by the Mongols horses. Additionally the Mongols would NEVER attack a force of equal strength. They would attack the spartans with a force at least 3 to 4 times as strong. That's why they are called the Mongol HORDES. So what you're espousing would never have ocurred to start with.
2007-03-06 12:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by mustanger 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you sure love Spartans! I'm hyped about the movie this Friday too.
I'm with the mongols tho. it doesn't matter what armor the Spartans have on, the mongols had Calvary and lots of them. i rather be a medieval tank any day to a guy carrying a big pointed stick.
2007-03-06 23:58:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jadeite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't base this opinion of yours soley on the Spartans heavy armor and phalanx. The Mongols had a very live-or-die way of thinking that enabled them to conquer so much. Spartans did not believe in expansionism, which truly limited their overall power. But in the actual battle..... I would have to stick with the Mongols. The Spartans did NOT wear armour, but preferred to go into battle naked, making fear in the enemy. The Mongols could easily get all of them with thier arrows, and if they did ride out they could easily flank a phalanx formation which was one of the most unmaneuvarable fighting formations of all time. GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER.
2007-03-06 20:24:05 · answer #3 · answered by USMC Recon 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Spartan army DID wear armor.... Read and learn....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S_hoplite.jpg
As for the calvalry issue they were trained to defent against that kind of attack.
"Perhaps the most widely known event on the efficiency of the Spartan war-machine is related to the Persian Wars. The Spartan stand at the Battle of Thermopylae has been repeatedly cited in a military Grand strategy context as a role model on the advantages of training, strategy and bravery against extremely overwhelming odds."
Read and learn .
2007-03-09 05:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by molon lave 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
um sure but there is a movie about the spartans called 300
2007-03-06 20:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by MS32291 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i think in this case Spartans would PAWN Mongols!!!
2007-03-10 15:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by gerasimos13 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fantastic. Now ask a question.
2007-03-06 20:18:32 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Poo 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋