Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up ... his ship to ram the Athenians’ during the Battle of Arginusae (406 B.C.), a move that ...

armor, and weapons of the defeated. If the battle was particularly significant, a stone monument might be constructed, such as the statue of the lion in honor of the Spartan leader Leonidas ...