Units of History: The Skiritai - Sparta's Elite Irregulars DOCUMENTARY

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Learn about the Spartan Army and its mysterious unit of Elite Irregulars, the Skiritai. Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000 documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: In this history documentary we continue our Units of History series by turning once again to Sparta. But rather than talking about their more famous units like the Spartan Royal Guard or even the Spartan Hoplite of Perioikoi, we talk about a unit you likely have not heard of. These were the Skiritai, a mysterious unit from the Skiritis mountains north of Laconia who served alongside Sparta for nearly its entire history. Our sources tell us they were the first into battle and the last to leave. However what role they played in ancient warfare is uncle

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