Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 This is a fairly minor quibble, but Spartan Olympic Champions should probably be renamed Hippeis to better reflect the truly elite contingent of the Spartan army. For those familiar with Greek, this may sound as if I am suggesting that they be mounted, yet the royal bodyguard, which was on foot and fought in the phalanx, was called that long after horses ceased to be a relevant component of the Spartan military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deicide4u Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Yeah, I thought you wanted them to suddenly promote to cavalry, lol. "Olympic Spartiates" sound better, honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alre Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 so maybe there were about two olympic champions in the spartan army who served as elite soldiers, while hippeis were an established elite contingent. name should be changed already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 That said, Olympic Champion could be an appropriate tier 3 rank name for Spartans if such was ever introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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