J Josiah Member Nov 15, 2011 #1 When Xerxes asks again for surrender, the remaining Spartans, save Leonidas, are in a tight turtle formation protected on all sides by shields. Why did they break this formation, only to be slaughtered by mass volleys of arrows?
When Xerxes asks again for surrender, the remaining Spartans, save Leonidas, are in a tight turtle formation protected on all sides by shields. Why did they break this formation, only to be slaughtered by mass volleys of arrows?