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Peltast

A peltast (Ancient Greek: πελταστής, peltastēs) was a type of light infantry originating in Thrace and Paeonia and named after the kind of shield they carried. Thucydides mentions the Thracian peltasts, while Xenophon in the Anabasis distinguishes the Thracian and Greek peltast troops.

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In the Persian army

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Peltast

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Edges102
Triples146
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
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related to Bibliography · 49
Peltast → Achaemenid Military Terminology, Anabasis, Ancient Warfare, Armies, Band, BC, Best, Birkenmeier, Black Cat, Brill, Byzantine Infantryman, Connolly, Diodorus Siculus, Duncan, Eastern Roman Empire, Elite Series, Greece, Greek, Head, Hellenica
related to In the Antigonid army · 24
Peltast → Agema, Alexander, Antigonid, BC, Diodorus, Great's, Hellenistic, However, In, Iphicratean, Livy, Macedon, Macedonian, Paeligni, Philip, Pydna, The, These, They, Third Macedonian War
related to In the Persian army · 14
Peltast → Anatolian, Another, BC, Corduene, From, Greek, In Greek, It, Mysians, Persian, Pisidians, The Persians, They, Thracian
related to Development · 13
Peltast → Amazons, Corinthian, Greece, Greek, However, In Archaic Greece, Often, Phrygian, Some, The, They, Thrace, Thracian
related to Pelte shield · 11
Peltast → According, Ancient Greek, Aristotle, Central Europe, It, Latin, Peltasts, Scythian, Some, The, Thracian
related to Tactics · 11
Peltast → As, At, Athenian, Battle, History, If, Peloponnesian War, Sphacteria, They, Thucydides, When
related to Medieval Byzantine · 9
Peltast → AD, Although, Antiquity, Byzantine, Komnenian, Maurice, Peltasts, Strategikon, Their
related to Deployment and role · 8
Peltast → For, Hellenica, In, Peltasts, Persian, They, When Dercylidas, Xenophon
related to Weapons · 6
Peltast → Anabasis, Carduchians, Greeks, Peltasts, The, Xenophon
related to External links · 1
Peltast → Picture

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peltasts javelins troops greek hoplites byzantine light persian army shield thracian may bc also carried xenophon would infantry type cavalry

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Peltastrelated to BibliographyDiodorus Siculus0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyHistory0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyHerodotus0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyThe HistoriesThucydides0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyThe History0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyPeloponnesian War0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyXenophon0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyAnabasis0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyHellenica0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyBest0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyThracian Peltasts0.60section
Peltastrelated to BibliographyGreek0.60section

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