[Aerkuld]

I was just watching a program on the History channel talking about ancient fighting techniques. They were discussing the Spartans and saying how well their armor protected them. Basically with the helmet on their head, armor on their lower legs, and a huge shield on their left arm it meant their whole left side was pretty well protected against a right handed swordsman. The guy then demonstrated that if you tried to attack them on the right, essentialy with a backhand swipe, it left your forearm exposed to their blade with obvious consequences. I guess this was a fairly conventional fighting technique for most organized armies.

This gave me a thought - why didn't any forces train to attack wielding left handed weapons? I'd have thought that would have really screwed up the oppositions defensive armor?

Maybe some did - anybody know?