A pony based off of one the most militaristic groups in history going to the most peaceful and child friendly places of all time. The oil is ready, all it takes is for the match to reach out and touch it to set it off

MOAR.

Molestia: "Twilight a whore"
MOAR!

I can only imagine him meeting Spike. "Have at thee, foul Tartarus-spawned lizard! Fight wretched beast!"

if he gets bored he can go hang out in everfree, slay a manticore or two :3

I can only imagine the kind of chaos Spartan Shield will bring to Ponyville, Discord would be pleased!

Keep it up!

KEwl1!!!!

Shield and Dash are going to get along like a house on fire. Of course the first time he meets Fluttershy should be interesting as well.

HAhahahahahaa he called Twilight a whore hahahaha
But sorry I have to say this SPARTAN'S WHAT IS YOUR PROFECTION!
HAWOOO HAWOOO HAWOOO

747927 Killing manticores... not recommended with Fluttershy around. Once she's done mourning, no amount of spartan training can save him.

Serious shit is to be wrecked here this day XD

You wish a Spartan to live as an Athenian?
This shall not end well.

Ah, Aegis wrote a new story.
Step 1: Clean the: OMG IM SO HAPPY off my face
Step 2: Favourite
Step 3: Read the story
Step 4: Fall asleep because it's probabally after midnight by now.

Yeah...this is going to be GRAND A SHIT!!! Can't wait until he meets the other Mane six, Dash is gonig to get along very well with him, maybe even a romance?....maybe. Anyway, this is badass....I love this stroy it's funny as fuck!

interesting... wonder what will happen when he finds out 6 little mares were the ones to actually destroy nightmare moon, and one of the very six is none other then the one who awoke him.... not to mention that luna is now back at the castle.....

Oh gawd, that was glorious. Can't wait till he meets Dash.

749072 Wow, I was just thinking that.....

Here is some viewing material about Sparta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLyW5UYPYYs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEItBM1dc9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywhRUv3n6Ew

I don't think Celestia would approve of the very popular Spartan practice of killing slaves for fun. Is that going to be mentioned? On the other hand, Spartans treated their women far better than most ancient peoples.

Great, great. I like where this is going. More,I demand.

751306
Mate, I highly doubt that Celestia allowed slavery, let alone freely killing them for sport.
If anything, any "slave labour" was all criminals being forced as part of their sentence.

I'll admit I went into this a bit wary, given that the story could have ended up a messily written comedy, but it was brilliant!. I'm glad I was wrong though, and how Spartan acts around the characters so far and reacts to certain things in the modern day is priceless Following this, definitely.

752182 Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt. That alone makes it all worth it.

749109 Yyyyeah, haha. With the way my job is now, almost all of my writing takes place between Midnight and 2am. Sorry!

751306

Yeah, Spartan women were considered full citizens, could own property and businesses (IIRC the Spartans considered them to be better at business and with money in general than men) and had an equal voice in politics.

TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!

too be honest i don't think spartan shield will get friendly with dash, probally girls weren't warriors and dash doesn't seem like the type that needs protection and would do it her self. he probally like rarity more because she occasionly wears clothes or fluttershy because she is more lady like.

757380 Naa, I'm guessing just Rarity. As a spartan he wouldn't really like to have a girl as shy as fluttershy. They felt the mothers had to be strong as well, so that any children they raised would inherit strength both from the father and mother.

THIS. IS. PONY!

I'll be waiting for something along those lines.

Another good chapter!

760822 Well the MARES are in charge 99% of the time in all my other stories. Time to give us stallions some love, right?

Whore Twilight. I'm going to be laughing about this for the next week

Yep, that meeting with Celestia went about as well as I expected. And Spartan's mental trauma about the change in mores as well as the shifts in costuming are only beginning, though I suspect that Rarity will find some of his costuming requests interesting, if a bit basic in design. Spartan's reaction to Twilight and Celestia greeting one another says a lot about the mindset of his time; I wonder if the gender ratios were less skewed to the female side than they seem to be in modern times? If that is the case, I suspect that he's going to also feel a lot like the entire world's been transplanted to the isle of Lesbos.

All things considered, Spartan's going to find that obeying the newest order of his leige lady is probably going to be the hardest path he will ever walk. Asking a Spartan to live as an Athenian is practically treason, but his Princess has commanded it, so he will obey to the best of his ability. It wouldn't surprise me that he's going to be spending a lot of time along the edge of the Everfree, both for keeping in training trim, and just to have a place to work off frustrations as they accumulate in his daily life. Ah well, that is a future chapter, I'm sure that Aegis will do his usual bang-up job covering the bases there.

One item that I have to point out, though.

Spartan Shield cocked his head all the way back. “Sweet Celestia’s TEATS!” he swore aloud, turning quite a few heads at the colorful language. “What is this monstrosity!?” he shouted, pointing up at the palace. “All of those towers would take but a single catapult shot to bring down! It doth be balanced like a house of cards!”

“That would be the palace, Spartan.” Twilight said, already annoyed with him. Her cheeks pinkened at his referral to Celestia’s chest, but she chose to ignore it.

Twilight's got a real reason to pink up, since Celestia's teats are located considerably south of the chest on an equine body. Remember where foals go to nurse, it's definitely not associated with the ribs or forelegs at all.

I love this. Lol'd more that twice

758899 i quote "YOU.ARE.GOING.TO.LOVE.ME". you were saying?

773551 Point taken

muahahahahaaa

Can't wait to see that one.

What happens when he meets Luna? dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Luna_lolface.png

>Spartan Shield rose, puzzled at her
Dat double space dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/sillyfilly_Twilight_Sparkle.png

747663 No need for a match, a spark will do just as well... Hey? Why do you have that flint and iron on you?

747691
Molestia: "That's my occupation! Spartan! perhaps there is a way you can...serve me!"
*One hour and one exhausted Molestia later*
Spartan: "Is that, all, your highness?"

760457 Ohhh-hoh-hoh no. You gotta EARN something like that. Spartan Shield will need to build up enough cool points with the readers to pull of a "This is ______!" sort of thing without it looking like a jackass sort of meme.

....not that I'm saying it won't happen.

like a spark to ignite gasoline

Spartan Stallion from a 1000 year sleep? Woke up in Modern in Equestria? *Looks at Luna>*

OH SHIT.

748693

*while laughing hard* Exactly!

For some reason I can compare Shield with John-117 from Halo. The last of their kind, raised with the art of war, no longer needed, and out of contact for a long time.

I really feel he should meet Luna, just for the humor. I can't wait to see how he and Rarity interact, he will treat Rarity like a lady of grace and power like she would like to be treated. Spartans had a lot of respect for their wives and women. RarityxSpartan maybe? Please?
Anyway wonderful chapter as always darling
Ciao

“Your path is open! We doth hold the tide here!” Doth would not be the correct usage. Doth is the singular form of Do. It should only be used with either singular nouns or singular pronouns. He doth, She doth, It doth, Mary doth, Tom doth, etc. "It doth be balanced like a house of cards!” This sentence I am not too sure about. Although 'It doth' is correct, I am not sure you would use it in the context of the sentence. However, I know Early Modern English is a little different from Modern English in how they spoke, so it may be correct for that time period.

Sorry if I am being a little nit picky. I try my best not to be. I am just trying to upon the grammar of this great story. So I apologize if any of my comments I am making on this story sound like I am being a know-it-all. I am trying not to be. This story is quite good and I love real world parallels in fiction.

lol>>747738

So... I have a question: How were mares oppressed when the world was ruled by two mares?

I cant wait to see when he meets the current Princess Luna

Spartan soldier living with twilight?
http://gifaday.blogspot.com/

892985 I was just wondering the same thing.