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According to the[[Greek]] historian [[Plutarch]], when a Spartan soldier went into [[battle]] his mother would hand him his [[shield]] and say "Come back with your shield or on it." She meant to come home victorious with it on his arm or be carried home dead on it.  To drop the shield would entail fleeing the battle, something that no Spartan was ever expected to do.<ref>The Greeks http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/8c_p1.html</ref>

According to the[[Greek]] historian [[Plutarch]], when a Spartan soldier went into [[battle]] his mother would hand him his [[shield]] and say "Come back with your shield or on it." She meant to come home victorious with it on his arm or be carried home dead on it.  To drop the shield would entail fleeing the battle, something that no Spartan was ever expected to do.<ref>The Greeks http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/8c_p1.html</ref>

== See Also ==

== See also ==

* [[Spartan Soldiers]]

* [[Spartan Soldiers]]

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[[category:Ancient Greece]]

[[Category:Ancient Greece]]