Being Greek the result pleased me, but it truly is a weird comparison to make, as the Ninjas weren’t real warriors, they were covert ops/assasins sent in to make key kills rather than inflict mass murder. Spartans though were killing machines…so obviously in a warrior/battle point of view the Spartan would win.
Still quite satisfying to think that 2500 year old technology could beat technology from the 14 hundreds.

lmao very entertaining, but not the most accurate show. I too am Greek, and for that fact am proud to have the Spartan win. However, one inaccuracy is the fact the Spartan sword was made of iron at the time period of the battle at Thermopylae, not bronze, as well as the tip of the spear (which was actually also tipped with a smaller point at the bottom, so it was double-sided). Just as important as the shield is the Spartan’s training, a huge factor they don’t really mention. The Spartan is far tougher/durable and stronger than the ninja. So in a straight fight, ya, the Spartan should win at least 65 percent of the time, whereas the ninja is all about stealth/assassination mission. And I wish they wouldn’t be childish: “we’re going to kill your ninja or spartan”- very immature.

Of course we can find problems in the methods used to determine how these two different soldiers would clash, and there were some missed opportunities in the staged fight, I truly enjoyed, and respect the results. I was rooting for the spartan, though the ninja did cause me to question the spartan at times. The ninja could after all kill samurai, however there were also many factors that made the spartan better as well. Spartans were trained in one on one combat, in reconnaissance, and anything war related. Their lives revolved around combat, a ninja was also a peasant, so thats a big difference. Armor, shields and weapons also had a major effect, however I liked the realistic-ish portrayal of the ninja, not being able to just dodge everything. A spear may seem slow in movies, but in real life, and with a pinch of exhaustion, suddenly that spear is moving pretty quick. The fight itself had a few cheesy momments, like the ninja flipping and landing into a dodge roll just to get over a log, or blinding the spartan and running (though that could be to get a tactical opening and rest) aside from a few issues like that, it felt really satisfying. Overall great show in my opinion looking forward to more installments

i did not agree with the results…the ninja displayed here has to be the worst ninja in history. ninjas are masters of stealth so a TRUE ninja would not have been seen giving said ninja enough opportunities to destroy his opponent.