When you think of warriors these days, one can almost here the, “haroo, haroo” in the background. This little quote is taken from the movie 300 and the warriors stepping foot onto the battle field were the Spartans. Spartan warriors were known as some of the toughest and best fighters ever. This was brought to the attention of many average people after the move, 300 came out.

Born in the land of Sparta, these soldiers are known for their wits and fearlessness. Those wearing the Spartan on their body or most likely trying to embody some of those Spartan traits that we’ve heard so much about.

Tattoos of warriors are widespread these days as it will always be deep in a man’s soul to be likened to one of these timeless warriors. The Spartan tattoo has many meanings that we will go over. Most of them revolve around traits that a warrior might have. The tattoos can be as fierce and bold as the person wearing it would want to be.

Just a little history lesson into how Spartan soldiers were raised so you have a sense of the kind of men they were. Spartan males begin training at the age of 6. At this time, he would leave his families house and go live in a barracks with other young boys. During this time, the boys were taught the ‘pyrriche’ which was essentially a dance while holding weaponry. What this did was make the boys nimble while holding their weaponry

When the boy turned 12, the training was ramped up. Here they were stripped of most of their clothes, barely fed and were given the bare minimum of a bed to sleep on. This method was to make the boys have hunger pangs and suffer a bit. In theory, this made them tough and resourceful. They would actually steal to eat and if they were caught, they were punished. However, they weren’t punished because they stole but because they were caught doing it.