- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I think many people fail to realize how much deeper the connection was between Halo's Spartans and Greek's Spartans. Spartans were taken from childhood and trained to an almost inhuman level, unheard of outside of Greece. They were given training that some failed to pass. Their armor given for war was unbelievably heavy, but blocked most of the attacks taht other armies, such as the Persians, were vulnerable to. To others, the armor seemed ridiculous, but with the Greek's intensive physical training, carrying hte heavy armor was easy. The Spartan's training limited their individuality, and self expression was discouraged (in Halo, i believe they are all trained similarly), except for the battlefield, where the strongest, most strategic soldiers were encouraged to do their best, and this was the only place where they encouraged individuality. (i believe this is also true for Halo.) So as you see, teh Spartan influence on Halo's storyline is more prevailant than most successfully notice.