Brennus just grinned at his opponent, unable to be insulted for the one simple fact that he couldn’t understand a word of Greek. After about two years even his Latin was only rudimentary, so he laughed off the Spartan’s remarks and hoped he looked brave for it. When his opponent gave him the warning that he planned to attack Brennus prepared himself quickly, his right hand sank to just below the balance point of his spear clutching it underarm and allowing him to point it out low about a foot past his shield which he held out at forearm length, facing slightly leftward. His right foot sank backwards and turned outwards slightly to provide a solid foundation as he bent his knees, ensuring his centre-grip shield was facing outwards and slightly off to his left and protecting his body leaving naught exposed.

Settled into a comfortable stance he was content to take a few steps forward and test his opponent’s resolve, closing the distance actually suiting him in this case as he had keenly noticed his opponent carried a number of javelins. The thing that Brennus was quick to notice was that his foe was also wielding a spear, though his own was incredibly vicious looking it was also significantly shorter than average. This was particularly noticeable to Brennus as the Spartan was incredibly tall, so he couldn’t help but wonder why he chose to bring a weapon with short reach when he was more than strong enough to carry a full length spear. Deciding not to look a gift horse as it were, he reached his own spear’s effective range and struck with a testing strike at his opponent’s unshielded flank, by shifting a little off centre to his opponent’s right and stepping forward on his right foot. 

He launched his spear forward with all the power his right arm could muster, shifting his grip as he made the thrust to a point further down the shaft of his weapon, increasing his effective range to over six feet, perfect for outranging his Spartan foe. The shield in his left hand was of course opened a little to provide the striking line, but Brennus was aware of this weakness and kept it as close to himself as possible without limiting his strike. If his opponent was unable to respond effectively to his strike he was likely to suffer at least a severe gouging of his armour’s upper-chest plate and provided it glanced his spear-head away the Spartan’s right arm was also likely to be struck by the force of his thrust.