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Spartan Warrior Cross Stitch Pattern

★ Pattern specification for different types of fabric.

• Fabric: 16 count Aida. • Colors: 14. Palette: DMC. • Size: 200 × 200 stitches. • Finished size will vary depending on the count fabric/canvas you choose.

✔ 14 count ⇒ Size: 14.29 × 14.29 inches | 36.30 × 36.30 cm ✔ 16 count ⇒ Size: 12.50 × 12.50 inches | 31.75 × 31.75 cm ✔ 18 count ⇒ Size: 11.11 × 11.11 inches | 28.22 × 28.22 cm

🔎 Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon, while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. 🔎 From a young age, male Spartiates were trained for battle and put through grueling challenges intended to craft them into fearless warriors. In battle, they had the reputation of being the best soldiers in Greece, and the strength of Sparta's hoplite forces let the city become the dominant state in Greece throughout much of the Classical period. Other city-states were reluctant to attack Sparta even though it could muster a force of only about 8000 Spartiates during the zenith of its dominance, such was the reputation of its soldiers.