Who were the more fearless and brutal warriors: Spartans, Gladiators, Mayans or

Question: Who were the more fearless and brutal warriors: Spartans, Gladiators, Mayans or Vikings!?
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The Viking " Berserkers!." They went into battle without armour!. They acted like wild animals on the battlefield, wore bear skins and were said to fight like mad bears!. They thought they had the soul of the animal and no weapon could harm them!. They painted their faces and wore animals skins to look like a mix of man-animal!. They were thought to be able to do things that a normal man couldn't!. They fought in a state of frenzy, killed everything they met, sometimes not distinguishing between friend and foe!. This state was often attributed to the use of large amounts of alcohol and drugs!.

The Spartans were fearless and brutal, but they still believed in glory and honour on the battlefield, not the Viking Berserkers!. They fought like rabid animals!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Spartans were the greatest "group" of warriors known to man!.

They were a COMPLETE warrior society!.
They didn't even breed farmers, politicians, healers, etc!.
They breed nothing BUT warriors!.
Fearlessness and brutality had nothing to do with it!.
They didn't even have those words in their vocabulary!.
Victory meant that they were alive and EVERYONE else was dead!.
I guess you can call that brutality!.
And they would fight to the very last man and think nothing of it!.

Gladiators were mostly slaves and fought for their lives and very existence!. Fight or die!.

Mayans were vicious warriors but it was their PRIESTS that did all the bloody sacrificing work!.

Vikings fought for adventure, gold, and glory!. There were just as many Viking farmers, tradesmen, and merchants as warriors!.

In Sparta EVERYONE was a warrior!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'd go for Spartans!. They were trained for warfare all their life!.
Vikings were trained to fight, but the traditional view puts them as 'raiders', not real battle people, unless cornered!.
Mayans, I'm unsure - Aztecs, that would have been a different matter!.
And 'Gladiators' weren't warriors, as such - they were what we'd call "prizefighters', but the prize was life or death!. A warrior is one who fights in a battle, gladiatorial fights were 'staged' for 'entertainment'!

Sparta lived as a warrior nation!. Viking communities tended to emphasise raiding!. Mayan/Aztec culture emphasised warfare, but to capture (to sacrifice later!), not kill!.
Gladiators were for 'staged' events, not 'real' warfare, so don't really count, even if individuals may have been soldiers before being made gladiators!.
Go for Sparta!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Fearless - Spartans!. A spartan would fight even if he knew it meant certian death!. To them it was like a code of honor!. Vikings were only in it for themselves and if they felt they would loose then they would retreat!. That's why they attacked the small villages surrounding the castle and never the castle itself!.

Brutal - Vikings!. They killed just to kill!. Raped, pillaged and plundered anything in their path!. It was a game to them!. Watching someone suffer was their entertainment!.

*The Mayans, as someone said, weren't brutal in the fact that they killed simply to kill!. Now their sacrifices and treatment of prisoners could be brutal!. But they did have some value for human life and were not completely merciless like the Vikings!.

*Gladiators were just plain stupid!. There is nothing brave or smart about standing in an arena fighting to the death!. They only did it for the fame and glory!. Many times it was staged and the men didn't even die!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'd say it's a tie between the Spartans (militaristic nature) and the Vikings (ruthless plunderers)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Vikings, did the spartans go and discover new lands not knowing if they would fall off the edge of the earth or not!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Tough choices!.

I guess I would go with the Spartans because their whole culture was military based!. Www@QuestionHome@Com