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Hoplites: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Greek Soldiers Who Revolutionized Infantry Warfare

Hoplites: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Greek Soldiers Who Revolutionized Infantry Warfare

Paperback

Ancient Greece

ISBN10: 1548984043
ISBN13: 9781548984045
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 17 2017
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
The walls of Sparta were its young men, and its borders the points of their spears. - attributed to King Agesilaos
Although the armies of the ancient Greek, or Hellenic, city-states (poleis, singular polis) included both cavalry (hippeis) and light infantry (psiloi, peltastes, gymnetes), their mainstay was undoubtedly the heavy infantry known today as hoplites. Armed to the teeth with their distinctive round shield (aspis or hoplon), high-crested helmet (corys) and long spear (dory), the hoplites were some of the most efficient soldiers of their time. They fought in the tight phalanx formation, and beyond the confines of their small poleis, Greek hoplites were also prized as mercenaries throughout the ancient world.

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