What's the best way to combat a troop of Spartans?

[Darth_Dude]

Using period tactics and weaponry, here are 4 steps.

1.Sourround them with calvary,
(after all, greeks arent known for their calvary)
2.Barrage them with archers as much as you like.
(they are surrounded)
3. Move in for the kill, preferably at night. Or just keep on bombarding them with arrows till their all dead. Either way it good.
4.PROFIT!!

 

[Liham]

RPC, Rocket Propeled Chainsaw.

 

[Darth_Dude]

A Roman Urban Cohort would defeat Spartan hoplites easily, and did.

Been playing some Rome: Total war have we?

 

[PhantomCritic]

A REALLY big truck dropped on top of them. It that fails a swift kick in the nuts should do the trick.

 

[LongAndShort]

The Thebans managed to do it quite well actually. They adapted a looser phalanx formation and introduced cavalry which basically tore them to shreads.

It wasn't a loose formation. Rather they made one of their flanks heavier and stronger and folded the Spartan formation up. There were a lot more contextual issues that led to the Theban victory, but I'm to lazy to go through them all.

OT: Cthulhu? I haven't seen his name on the forum in a while so I may as well bring him up.

 

[Deacon Cole]

Hide the anal lube.

 

[AHWaffle]

caboose and church. they are the best friends

 

[Chogg Van Helsing]

activate the halo rings.

be completely sure they are all dead!

 

[seaneldo666]

flamethrower......enough said

 

[Corporal Yakob]

With an MG42

 

[dragonslayer32]

Duke Nukem. Nuff said.

 

[Th37thTrump3t]

Two words...

Spoiler

FUCK YEAH!

 

[SsilverR]

bows and arrows apparently ... the atheniens practically bullied the spartans with them

historical texts say that the atheniens actually stopped taking the spartans seriously after a while .. made a little picnic area and made games of picking off spartans with arrows .. the spartans screamed they were cowards and could not fight them toe to to .. the spartans eventually surrendered and that's pretty much where their era came to a close

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

bows and arrows apparently ... the atheniens practically bullied the spartans with them

historical texts say that the atheniens actually stopped taking the spartans seriously after a while .. made a little picnic area and made games of picking off spartans with arrows .. the spartans screamed they were cowards and could not fight them toe to to .. the spartans eventually surrendered and that's pretty much where their era came to a close

I'd like to see those historical texts. Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.

I'd recommend reading about the Battle of Leuctra instead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuctra

 

[tombman888]

Orbital bombardment. hellz yes!

 

[Nomanslander]

Chuck Norris.

/thread

Yeah, I know, a bad over used Chuck Norris joke would put anyone to sleep...=/

 

[tehroc]

Use their own formation with my much larger army to push them out of the pass to an area where there can be no retreat such as a cliff.

 

[Kukakkau]

One 50 cal machine gun and let rip on the bunched up manly men

Hell you could even kill them all with the death note since they aren't likely to move towards you

 

[ultimateownage]

A challenger 2 tank, a tactical airstrike, and an Apache. Overkill is the best type of kill.