Spartans wore exactly the same armour as other Greeks, apart froma red cloak. 300 is a film, not a documentary. greeks used long slashing swords, not scimitars in any shape or form. if you read they had 2 sided swords......long and short shorts are not 2 sided......2 sided was for slashing like a scimter......and not all wore armor.......if you also read lenoidas and his spartans didnt wear armor at Thermopoly but at platea they did