This video sees the clash between the Athenian and Theban hoplites during the Battle of Plataea, 479 BC. This clash is the largest hoplite reenactment battle to date, with numbers close to 100 hoplites.
Many of the 3,000 Greeks that survived the battle of Thermopylae took part at Plataea. Aristodemes of Sparta the only surviving Spartiate from Thermopylae also gave his famed last speech here before the opening of the battle. It is said that Aristodemes won back his honour in the eyes of the Spartans and recieved a battlefield salute for his bravery by charging the entire Persian Army alone.
@NesAB839 Aristodemes was shunned one year prior, being the only Spartan to return home alive from Thermopylae, not disgraced by his actions at Plataea. Aristodemes's actions at Plataea were one of self redemption, and though he received no official battlefield commendations for his actions, deemed reckless, He was, however, pardoned of his supposed cowardice for his extreme show of bravery. Aristodemes, as a result, was granted an honourary burial with his fellow soldiers in a marked battlefield grave, as was Spartan custom.
@@LookHereMars But Aristodemus was the one guy Leonidas sent away so there would be a survivor to tell of what happened at Thermopylae. So A did not go AWOL.
@mylesgarcia4625 Indeed, but in Spartan society at that time, Aristodemes's sole return was frowned upon and seen as cowardice. There were actually 2 Spartans dismissed by Leonidas due to infection, 1 being Aristodemes and the other being Eurytus. Eurytus, however, having gone completely blind from his infection, chose to return to the frontline led by his helot serf where he died fighting. Out of the 302 Spartans at Thermopylae, 300 died in combat, 1 (Pantites) committed suicide and only 1 returned home, Aristodemes. Spartan society was at times very proud and stood on martial tradition, to the Spartans, it would have seemed odd and dishonourable that Aristodemes did not choose to die in battle over returning home when all others died. Aristodemes would live in Sparta under scorn and scrutiny for the better part of a year before his redeeming actions at Plataea.
Ευχαριστώ. Αν και μπορείτε να επισημάνετε κάποια λάθη; Προφανώς δεν μπορεί να είναι όλοι τέλειοι, αλλά συνολικά αυτό ήταν ίσως το καλύτερο θωρακισμένο event που έχω δει.
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Λάθη στο γενικό πλαίσιο π.χ. έκδρομοι μαζί με οπλίτες ή oi οπλίτες να φέρουν λινοθώρακα, κάτι το οποίο εφαρμόστηκε μετά ή ακόμα και ένας έκδρομος ο οποίος θωρούσε περικνημίδες... Τιποτένια λάθη μπροστά στο δρώμενο!!!
This is extremely cool, but the experiment of the othismos doesn't really tell you much about how they really fought because there's no presence of skirmishing troops.
That clash was dissapointing. Y'all reenactors really think they bashed together with their spears up? A phalanx that was serious about winning would USE its spears.
@@skjaldulfr im a little on the fence about the othismos. Also, the spears were not allowed to be lowered for safety reasons..... reenactment isnt about "winning," the purpose of this was to test the phishing theory. Thats what we do, we test different theories put forward.
