Athens VS Thebes - Battle of Plataea Reenactment 2022 - Largest Hoplite Reenactment Battle to Date

[@LookHereMars]

Many of the 3,000 Greeks that survived the battle of Thermopylae took part at Plataea. Aristodemes of Sparta the only surviving Spartiate from Thermopylae also gave his famed last speech here before the opening of the battle. It is said that Aristodemes won back his honour in the eyes of the Spartans and recieved a battlefield salute for his bravery by charging the entire Persian Army alone.

[@LookHereMars]

@NesAB839 Aristodemes was shunned one year prior, being the only Spartan to return home alive from Thermopylae, not disgraced by his actions at Plataea. Aristodemes's actions at Plataea were one of self redemption, and though he received no official battlefield commendations for his actions, deemed reckless, He was, however, pardoned of his supposed cowardice for his extreme show of bravery. Aristodemes, as a result, was granted an honourary burial with his fellow soldiers in a marked battlefield grave, as was Spartan custom.

[@TheRealTomahawk]

@@NesAB839 that’s exactly what I was thinking

[@NerdofGondor-t9]

@@NesAB839 No he did not he fought with we are gonna stay in the pass till we win or die trying

[@mylesgarcia4625]

@@LookHereMars But Aristodemus was the one guy Leonidas sent away so there would be a survivor to tell of what happened at Thermopylae. So A did not go AWOL.

[@LookHereMars]

@mylesgarcia4625 Indeed, but in Spartan society at that time, Aristodemes's sole return was frowned upon and seen as cowardice. There were actually 2 Spartans dismissed by Leonidas due to infection, 1 being Aristodemes and the other being Eurytus. Eurytus, however, having gone completely blind from his infection, chose to return to the frontline led by his helot serf where he died fighting. Out of the 302 Spartans at Thermopylae, 300 died in combat, 1 (Pantites) committed suicide and only 1 returned home, Aristodemes. Spartan society was at times very proud and stood on martial tradition, to the Spartans, it would have seemed odd and dishonourable that Aristodemes did not choose to die in battle over returning home when all others died. Aristodemes would live in Sparta under scorn and scrutiny for the better part of a year before his redeeming actions at Plataea.

[@roballister5269]

bro this one of the coolest shit ive seen. now THIS is real content

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!!

[@OANNHSEA]

Απλά υπέροχο!!! Υπάρχουν αρκετά λάθη στον οπλισμό και στην θωράκιση, αλλά σαν αρχή είναι υπέροχο!!! Μπράβο ρε παιδιά, ΜΠΡΑΒΟ!!!

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Ευχαριστώ. Αν και μπορείτε να επισημάνετε κάποια λάθη; Προφανώς δεν μπορεί να είναι όλοι τέλειοι, αλλά συνολικά αυτό ήταν ίσως το καλύτερο θωρακισμένο event που έχω δει.

[@OANNHSEA]

@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Λάθη στο γενικό πλαίσιο π.χ. έκδρομοι μαζί με οπλίτες ή oi οπλίτες να φέρουν λινοθώρακα, κάτι το οποίο εφαρμόστηκε μετά ή ακόμα και ένας έκδρομος ο οποίος θωρούσε περικνημίδες... Τιποτένια λάθη μπροστά στο δρώμενο!!!

[@BloodyCrow__]

Whats cool about reenacting this is the customization because the hoplites owned and bought their own equipment back then.

[@vapormac6189]

Awesome. Love seeing all that armor in group!

[@kittylove-x0x0]

Wow.That was soo... real! Buetiful shields!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting this!

[@davidfunkhouser516]

Looks like alot of fun!

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

It was!!

[@aynurmemet5576]

Fantastic 🥰

[@AbdulhamidMohammed9000]

Fantastic

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Thanks

[@warrennotestine2906]

Imagine 200,000 soldiers at that battle

[@felixmurat1677]

It would be a dream if such numbers could be obtained for reenactment's sake.

[@dannygo500]

@@felixmurat1677 Life could be a dream. we must follow that monkeys advice!

[@realdragon]

@@felixmurat1677 Bring reanactors from all over the world in one huge event

[@nicholasmaximus3412]

where was this reenactment?

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Plataea, greece

[@mylesgarcia4625]

@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Was this at the site of the old battle?

[@offside_frag]

you should try and arrange a reenactment for the battle of pydna

[@dogwithnobones906]

THis is awesome!

[@muhammederbek5206]

How does this actually work? Is there like a group's in Greece (Hoplite ones) or is it just a theatrical think

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Its reenactors all around the world. Some are individuals, some are groups

[@71george]

καταπληκτικο εξαιρετικο..περιμενουμε και αλλα...

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Ευχαριστώ!

[@cawabunga360]

Cool where is the rest of the video?

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

The rest of the video? This is all of the footage of this clash

[@firstconsul7286]

Man, and I thought it's hot marching around in wool! Having that all bronze on in the summer heat must get real tiring after a bit.

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Its actually not as bad as you may think! The bronze actually acts more as a temperature regulator, conducting the heat from you and dispelling it! The nature of the chiton also allows for some very welcome airflow 😜

[@NaCk210]

This is extremely cool, but the experiment of the othismos doesn't really tell you much about how they really fought because there's no presence of skirmishing troops.

[@iamtib]

man exactly how I imagine hoplite army : full of colours!

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

@@iamtib lots and lots of colours!

[@raresboghean2974]

This looks like Greece my homeland of my ancestors

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

It is! Plataea

[@lakonaslakonikos8432]

Εκπληκτικό

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Thank you!

[@Makofueled]

Let's go Thebes!

[@skjaldulfr]

That clash was dissapointing. Y'all reenactors really think they bashed together with their spears up? A phalanx that was serious about winning would USE its spears.

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

@@skjaldulfr im a little on the fence about the othismos. Also, the spears were not allowed to be lowered for safety reasons..... reenactment isnt about "winning," the purpose of this was to test the phishing theory. Thats what we do, we test different theories put forward.

[@mylesgarcia4625]

Are women allowed in the reenactment? I mean, they use women as extras/soldiers in the movies, why not here in the re-enactors?

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Yep, absolutely! We had a few women join in at this event too!

[@のたのた-y8s]

Too dense.