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Hoplite

Hoplites (/ˈhɒplaɪts/ HOP-lytes; Ancient Greek: ὁπλῖται, romanised: hoplîtai ) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields. Hoplite soldiers used the phalanx formation to be effective in war with fewer soldiers. The formation discouraged the soldiers from acting alone, for this would compromise the…

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related to Hoplite-style warfare outside Greece · 31
Hoplite → Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Carthage, Apennines, Bardylis, BC, Cardaces, Carthage, Early, Early Roman, Epirus, Etruscans, Greek, Greeks, Hannibal, Hoplite-style, Illyrian, In, Italian Peninsula, Italy, Lucanians
related to Macedonia · 24
Hoplite → After, Alexander's, Although, Athens, Battle, BC, Beside, Chaeronea, Corinth, Epaminondas, Foot Companions, Greek, Hypaspists, Later, League, Macedon, Macedonian, Macedonians, Pezhetairoi, Philip II
related to Bibliography · 22
Hoplite → Athenian Hoplite, Athens, Bauern, Bürger, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Crowley, Frankfurt, Franz, Hopliten, ISBN, Jason, Johann Peter, Krieger, Lang, Studies, The, The Psychology, UK, Untersuchungen
related to Ancient Greece · 19
Hoplite → Archaeo-anthropological, Argive, As, As Greek, Battle, BC, Confronted, During, Greco-Persian Wars, Greece, Marathon, Paros Island, Persian, Persians, Peter Krentz, Plataea, The, Thermopylae, This
related to Warfare · 19
Hoplite → All, An, Ancient Greece, Armies, Athenians, Battle, Battles, Greek, Greeks, Limited, Most, Persian, Persians, Sparta, Spartans, The, The Lacedaemonian, Thermopylae, This
related to Extended gradualist theory · 18
Hoplite → At, BC, Chigi Vase, Dark Ages, Developed, Extended Gradualist, Extended Gradualists, Greek, Hans Van Wees, Making, Matured, Some, Spartan, Specifically, The Chigi, This, Tyrtaios, Van Wees
related to Body armour · 17
Hoplite → As, Chalcidian, Corinthian, Each, Equipment, Helmets, Hoplites, In, Later, Often, Pilos, Roman Republican, The, The Corinthian, The Thracian, Their, Thus
related to Hellenistic period · 15
Hoplite → Besides, Galatian Thureos, Greece, Greeks, Hellenistic, Macedonian, Many, Romans, The Greek, The Thureophoroi, These, They, Thorakitai, Thureophoroi, While
related to Rapid adoption theory · 11
Hoplite → Ancient Greece, BC, Cartledge, Dark Age, Hanson, Paul Cartledge, Quickly, Rapid, The, They, Victor Hanson
related to External links · 9
Hoplite → Association, Club, Greek Hoplites Historic Studies, KORYVANTES, Pages, Perseus Digital Library, Shield Patterns, Sparta, The Phalanx HopliteClassical Greek

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