Each shield was circular and convex ... bearing all the objects that the company might need. Spartan wearing a Corinthian helmet and wrapped in a cape. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford ...

"This piece is a rare and exceptionally well-preserved bronze helmet from ancient Greece, likely associated with a Spartan warrior ... line and aimed their shields and spears forward.

Asked why it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is said to have replied: "Because the latter they put on for their own ...

Asked why it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is said to have replied: "Because the latter they put on for their own ...