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hoplite [Brit ˈhɒplʌɪt, Am ˈhɑplaɪt] N HISTORY

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The infantry adopted a looser fighting formation distinct from the earlier tightly packed hoplite shield wall, and soldiers began to carry javelins. en.wikipedia.org

The more common name for this servant of the hoplites was skeuophoros. en.wikipedia.org

Another suggestion is that the heaviness was caused by the weight of fully armored hoplite marines (20 fully armored hoplites would have weighed 2 tons). en.wikipedia.org

The thranites would row from the top benches, while the rest of the space below would be filled up with hoplites. en.wikipedia.org

In the highest and largest frieze is the scene that has attracted the most scholarly attention a battle involving hoplite warfare. en.wikipedia.org

These infantrymen would have been equipped as hoplites with the traditional hoplite panoply consisting of a thrusting spear ("doru"), bronze-faced "hoplon" shield and body armour. en.wikipedia.org

The rise and fall of hoplite warfare was tied to the rise and fall of the city-state. en.wikipedia.org

This was quite an important feature of the shield especially for the hoplites that remained in the latter ranks. en.wikipedia.org

It is a matter of contention, among historians, whether the hoplite used the spear overarm or underarm. en.wikipedia.org

Another important area that must be considered concerns the psychological tendencies of the hoplites. en.wikipedia.org

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