Who will win if both parties have the same number of troops: Japanese Samurai or Warriors of Sparta?

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Samurai, with absolutely no chance for the Spartans. Forget all the "300" BS, Spartan battle tactics were one of the most inflexible in history. All the training Spartans went through was geared towards improving their physicality and psyche, and had a very small combat component. Which is logical, as there is only so many ways to stab an opponent over a shield rim. As was demonstrated time and again, the phalanx was doomed once flanked.

But the Samurai needn't even bother. And they can even afford to conserve arrows too. In fact, they can allow the Spartans to pick the conditions for the fight and still have a considerable advantage. In a set piece battle, during the day, on flat ground and in a frontal assault with infantry only, Samurai still hold the advantage.

Contrary to popular depictions, not all Samurai fought with swords. In fact, most of them carried a Yari. Being a two-handed spear, it was much longer than the one handed spear carried by the Spartans. Even with their aspis, the first line Spartans could expect to have a few large holes in them before they got close enough to deal damage themselves.

End of the day, the Samurai will stop to honor the brave Spartans who died well, bury them, have dinner and move on.

Edit: Due to incessant complaints in the comments, I am removing the section on the naginata. While I still believe you fail to appreciate that it is a very useful weapon in this conflict, I will allow your eyes to focus on the fact Samurai carry longer spears.

Edit 2: I have realized the misunderstanding I caused talking about the spear lengths, so I will put up some illustrations to explain what I meant

Here is an example of a hoplite, using an entire half of his 8 foot spear




And a samurai, using about 2/3 of his 8 foot spear.

As is evident, the aspis was both a weakness and asset to the hoplite. The two handed grip allows the samurai to attack beyond the Spartan reach, giving them the decisive advantage.

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