### q1 Spartans valued their shields > Many of us are familiar with the famous admonition of a Spartan mother to her son: “Come back with your shield or on it.” While this line is almost certainly apocryphal, losing one’s shield was nevertheless a signal dishonor. One might expect a Spartan warrior who had both lost his shield *and* fainted in battle to prefer death to dishonor. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fh5tmsckgewexbzxxy7zjde5) - [[Sparta Was Much More Than an Army of Super Warriors by Myke Cole#q1 Spartans valued their shields|View in Vault]]