Spartan Reincarnation

Silas Chapter 5

8 months later

Every day I train with my father Darius after he does his own training in the barracks outside our town to continue the Corinthian war. It is a blessing that he made it back home. The year should be 393 BC meaning there is a year of no fighting between the city-states so both sides can regroup.

This war started only 9 years after the Peloponnesian War, Sparta obtained hegemony over Greece through its aggressive imperialism encouraged by Lysander. In the Peloponnesian War Corinth and Thebes allied with Sparta under the Peloponnesian League against Athens due to its own imperialism.

Once the Peloponnesian league won the spoils majorly favored Sparta leaving her allies with little causing a bad taste in every city-state's mouth. So with the sway of coins from the Persians to the disgruntled city-states, they found it suitable to gang up on the aggressive Spartans.

If the main timeline holds true the Spartans will hold off against the Corinthians, Thebians, and Athenians as Persia flip-flops sides for their own benefit.

Thus allowing the Greeks to grow weaker and the Persians always being the deciding factor in their affairs. Once my wish to grow in notoriety and become a leader holds true I am sure I will need to vanquish any ability of the Persians to contest my plans.

Today is just another normal day as I dart to breakfast with Father already heading out the door to go back to the barracks to eat with his communal group of syssitia as required in Spartan law. Laurel rubs her belly now already being 6 months into her pregnancy meaning I will have a younger sibling.. like I did back in my past life.

I quickly eat breakfast and Anastasia gives an approving nod to my eating habits. My diet mainly consists of eggs, cheese, and bread but I also venture outside to find any herbs which my father told me are good to eat, giving me a well-rounded diet.

"Mother, may I go out to play with Nikolaos?" She gives me an approving nod as she knits and so I run out to find my hard-nosed friend.

Despite chronologically being in my mid-twenties I would admit I mentally have not grown past 18 and physically I am 6 1/2. So being friends with a 6-year-old is a necessity since there are no boys my mental age to befriend as they are all in the agoge plus it's just being like an older brother to Nikolaos.

"What's up, Nikolaos!" I wave at Nikolaos and he runs over. I expect a handshake or a chest bump but instead, he gives me a nice push to the ground. We go at it for a while testing out different moves on each other ranging from double leg, single leg, sweep the leg, and other moves that cause a lot of abuse of the legs, specifically the knees.

"Hey, can I play" a little red-haired boy walks up to us and Nikolaos scratches the back of his head.

"What's yur name and age boy? Nikolaos looks him over and spits on the ground.

"I'm Georgios and I'm 6 years old but I'm turning 7 pretty soon."

"You can join, we should be attending the agoge the same year so it's good for us to get to know each other." I go up and shake his hand with a comforting smile.

"Are ya sure we should play with him, Damon? He is quite small, I reckon he can break easily." Nikolaos chuckles at the redhead making him blush.

"Yes I'm sure and all about you test your theory out!" I playfully push him to the ground and he scrubs the dirt off. The three of us all go to war with each other to no end and eventually add sticks to our combat. With the added weaponry I easily dismantle both Georgios and Nikolaos.

"Woah how are you that good?!" Georgios turns wide-eyed and even Nikolaos can't hold in a stoic face.

"My father trains me whenever he can, all about your fathers?" They both quickly look down, making me regret my question.