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i would have to agree that the spartans would mop the proverbial floor with vikings. however not many vikings fought naked, i thought that was the celts, the wariors to come out of britannia.
vikings are not stupid either, so i think that wild charges would not be their first option. a wild charge into the face of death does have quite an intimidation effect to it and i would almost guarantee that some of the spartans would waver, especially if their opponents were naked and still charging them.
the way i see it is law vs chaos. spartans=law, vikings=chaos, obviously. the simple chaos that could occur in a battle with vikings would be impossible to tell. of the two, vikings would be the first to try anything and sometimes that is all that is needed to off-balance your opponent. again though, the spartans are highly trained and brave themselves, and the simplest soldier would have a good grasp of batle tactics so killing the leader would not be as effective, as any man could possibly lead.
the spartans overall skill would would overcome the vikings, maybe by only a little bit, maybe it would be no contest.
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