Board Thread:Warrior's Pub/@comment-11361577-20200125222753/@comment-32516697-20200127052734

The Spartan soldiers depicted in these two battles are hoplites, which are from the classical period. By the end of the 3rd century BC, Sparta, like all other Greek city-states, had adopted the Macedonian phalanx and ceased to use hoplites. So, no, Spartan hoplites did not use steel. Even if this didn't happen, the ultimate fall of Sparta occured the 4th century, and the metallurgy of that time still wouldn't be comparable to the steel of the Rajput or the Easterlings.

Also, you seem not to understand what the Bronze Age is. The Bronze Age ended in the 13th century BC, while the classical period of Sparta began in the 6th century BC.