Would Alexander the Great and his soldiers defeat Leonidus and his soldiers?

Answer 1

that would be a hard one to answer but i would have to say no. the reason being that even through Alexander came from a future age (and all the so called advancements and tactical knowledge.) still i think leonidus and his Spartans would have taken Alexander down. the Spartans lived,breathed and died war. granted Alexander was a great general but he did not have that fanatical out look (and fatalistic)toward fighting. from birth a spartan was raised to serve the state. the babies were killed if they had the least little flaw. mothers told their son's "either on your shields or carried on them. meaning either die fighting or come home victorious. the only grave stones were given to mothers who died in child birth or son's who died in war. the Macedonians were great warriors but the Spartans were uber Greek warriors. from the age of ten the spartan was taken away from his mother and placed into a military training school. there the average spartan either thrived,lived and became a cold warrior. or he died. so Alexander might have won but it would have been a very costly victory. the Spartans would have bleed Alexander dry and Alexander would never have gone on to win the known world.

Answer 2

That question requires context. If they fought at Thermopylae, with equal numbers, they would most likely have lost. Alexander was a great tactician. He learned from his father, who learned for his time in Thebes, that great tactics can help defeat a superior force. Alexander was brilliant, and his tactics helped him defeat greater numbers time and again. In an open field, this would have been tough for the Spartans to beat. This entire response is based on them both fighting in their heyday. In fact, when Alexander flourished, the Spartans refused to accompany him, and he just ignored them because they were at that point well past their era of importance as a fighting force.

Answer 3

Well. Alexander or his father, did defeat Sparta. Whether he could have taken Thermopylae by frontal assault is open to question, but he would certainly have been familar with the story and have used the goat trail to go around. Alexander's greatness lay in strategy; in no way would he have attacked as Xerxes did.

Answer 4

Alexander defeated the Persians, and the Persians defeated Leonidas, so yes.

Alexander had more men than Leonidas, of course, as well as 150 years of tactics & equipment improvements.

Answer 5

Alexander the Great would have won, since he had newer strategy and more men.

Like asking, could WWI generals win against those of WWII