were known to fight very close to their enemy. They actually did not use their sword most of the time, but an extremely sharp and robust Dagger that did not break as easily in Bronze age as a longer sword.
Their training created Greek-Roman Olympic Wrestling which is basically European Judo and classic Kick-Boxing still trained today as it can be seen in the K1 fight tournaments. But that was practice.
In combat they used the Dagger to stab their enemy multiple times getting ever closer to his body until having him in a grid lock and only left when they were certain of their opponents death before taking on the next attacker.
The Athenians preferred Bows, Discus and Spears before holding in shielded lines using swords to decimate attacking hords having overcome their walls.
Spartans had no walls and until today the real location of their capital is unknown. It must have looked like a farmer village, not at all like Athens, but plenty of spartan settlements exist all over the Mediterranean and Black Sea recognicable by their simplistic furnituring.
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