Personal Narrative: The Battle Of Sparta

We tried to make peace among the Greek city-states and they refused to abide by the rules of the treaty so we must show them they cannot disrespect Sparta. The battle will take place in 3 days on an open plain outside of Leuctra. I have heard Sparta has gather a decent amount of men to help fight this battle. I believe I heard we will be bringing 11,000 to the battlefield. I do not know how many we will face, but I do know that we will win and show those heathens never to disrespect Sparta again. I have talked to a blacksmith who is a good friend of my fathers and he has made me a great spear and armor. Now all I must do is wait for the call to march towards the battlefield. Today is the day, we have received word that we are to gather and march
The small of blood and the screams of wounded men started to get louder and louder. Some of the kings body guards were telling him he should retreat, but he said no and stood his ground. It was not long before I was looking into the eyes of the Theban army. I was hopeful that we could still win due to the exhaustion of the Thebans in front of me, even though they still had a good 40 men left. I did not realize that during their fight with the block in front of us, they were getting help from the left side. I had never felt this scared in my life. Here I stand face to face with my enemy, being over powered by my enemy. They were not tired and they were ready to push even harder. We exchanged spear blows back and forth. I hide behind my shield thrusting my spear out at anything I could hit. I killed a few of them, but my shield and helmet were constantly being struck. It was to the point that I could hardly stand my ground. My whole body hurt from the blows I had been taking and the exhaustion of constant spear thrusts. It felt like hours of fighting, one or two Thebans would fall, but there would be 5 more behind them. They started to overtake us, I watched the