Who would win?
2007-10-20 06:06:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
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2007-10-25 05:13:42 · update #1
Rafel, you cant possibly say the Centurion has more experience then a Spartan Hoplite. I agree that if the question put a Centurion against a Athen Hoplite, then I would agree with you, but not a Spartan Hoplite. Spartan Hoplites were born soldiers, all that they did from the day they were born was train to be a soldier. They trained every single day of their entire life to fight. That was their only job and the only point of their life. Not to mention that they carried spears compared to a centurion that only carried a short sword. There is not way that a centurion would win. Especially if it they fought in groups, then it would be the Hoplites hands down, but even one on one, the Spartan Hoplite form birth to death did nothing but train to fight. The Spartan Hoplite would win.
2007-10-21 06:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Spartan Mike K 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
really a centurion please spartan hoplite wins the battle by being born centurions as a kid had a basic life until they joined the military spartans train day and night theyre trained to bear any pain they never surrender never retreat they have more skill and the centurions wear heavy armor and theyre slow a spartan hoplite wears less armor which means he is agile speed against strength sure it would take a while but speed always beats strength
2013-09-11 14:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well a hoplite was just a basic footsoldier. A good one, but still just standard infantry. Centurions were in command of a century of Roman legionaires, and only rose to the position through surviving the constant warfare of the legions for a two decades minimum. They were the hardest soldiers the Romans had, aside from the early preatorian guard. So a centurion, simply becuase by definition they were extremely good fighters and survivors.
You could argue the merits of the Roman short sword against a spear, and to old adage goes that point always beats edge, but the Roman would still have had enough experience against most kinds of weaponry to prevail. Roman wins again.
2007-10-20 06:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by Rafael 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
A Roman Centurion.
2007-10-20 09:53:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
spartan hoplite; they were trained more for combat, whereas centurions were trained for leadership roles, as they were in charge of a large group of men (cent = 100, but historians think a roman 100 is about 89 - i dunno y though)
anyways the hoplites were trained to fight, not the be leaders
2007-10-20 06:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Spartan Hoplie for me
2007-10-22 13:16:17 · answer #6 · answered by Xuhe L 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋