While the Spartan shield retains the red lambda symbol to ... On top of his trademark spear, he wields an Aztec macuahuitl, a Japanese katana, and an Egyptian khopesh. Though, why should he ...

For example, they could run the family farm. Spartan mothers told their sons before they left for battle, "Come back with your shield, or on it." Dead Spartans were carried home on their shields ...

Doom Slayer's new bulwark-tank design has taken inspiration from 300 and the Battle of Thermopylae where Sparta was overwhelmed by hordes of Persians.

With an eight-foot long spear, a short sword, and a bronze-covered shield, the total weight of their equipment was therefore in the region of 60 to 70 lbs: almost half their own bodyweight!