“We poured across the plain like a tide of iron, shields gleaming beneath the sun, our banners snapping in the wind as trumpet calls echoed over the dust-choked field. Before us, the Greeks stood in tight formation—a wall of bronze and stubborn defiance—far too few for the storm they faced. Again and again we charged, certain they would break under our numbers, but they met us with a fury we had never thought possible. Their phalanx held—disciplined and unshaken—each man fighting as if the gods themselves watched from Olympus. Comrades fell, cut down by blades that refused to rest, and for the first time, the chill of doubt seeped through the heat of battle—for though we were many, they fought as if they had nothing left to lose. And that made them dangerous beyond measure…”
Battle Details:
A break will be given after the mountain pass battle concludes, and then this battle will begin. This battle will not start with a deed of arms. The Greeks/Spartans have one life and the Persians will have unlimited resurrection.This battle will take place only once.
The Greeks/Spartans will be given hay bales and a limited amount of time to create a defensive formation before lay on is called. Combat archery is permitted.