We are sparta more than a line from a movie the spartan army is the sixth expansion for the commands and colours ancients game system the spartan army expansion features over 20 scenarios which focus on a period of time from 669 bc to 338 bc in the early battles of sparta against argive we see the development of hoplite armies we then move onto the war with the persian empire and take a closer look at the battle of thermopylae 480 bc during the peloponnesian wars sparta takes a leader position