Hoplite - Wikipedia
Hoplite warfare was the dominant fighting style on much of the Italian Peninsula until the early 3rd century BC, employed by both the Etruscans and the Early Roman army, though scutum infantry had existed for centuries and some groups fielded both.
Hoplite | Armor, Phalanx, Helmet, & Shield | Britannica
2024年10月12日 · hoplite, heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldier whose function was to fight in close formation. Until his appearance, probably in the late 8th century bce, individual combat predominated in warfare.
Hoplite - World History Encyclopedia
2013年2月9日 · Hoplites were instrumental in Greek warfare and the victories of Greek armies over Persia at the battle of Marathon (490 BCE) and the battle of Plataea (479 BCE) during the Greco-Persian Wars.
Warfare in Ancient Greece - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Backed up by archers and light-armed troops, the hoplite phalanx remained the most important fighting unit for centuries. They advanced in close formation while protected by their overlapping shields.
The Emergence of Hoplite Warfare, 900–525 BC IV
2020年10月16日 · The phalanx of hoplite warfare developed from this, with men in close order, usually eight ranks deep. This made throwing spears, which seems to have been the popular form of warfare from before 900 to 700 and later, difficult, and led to the exclusive use of the thrusting spear as outlined below.
Greek Battles: How They Fought, Hoplites & The Phalanx - HistoryExtra
2021年9月21日 · From the eighth or seventh century BC, hoplites started fighting in the phalanx, a formation that helped them achieve a string of notable victories over the Persians, such as the triumph at Marathon in 490 BC. Hoplites went into battle carrying a long spear called a dory.
Ancient Greek Warfare - World History Encyclopedia
2018年3月27日 · The peltast warrior, armed with short javelins and more lightly-armoured than the hoplite became a mobile and dangerous threat to the slower moving hoplites. Other lighter-armed troops (psiloi) also came to challenge the hoplite dominance of the battlefield.
Ancient Greek warfare - Wikipedia
Along with the rise of the city- states evolved a new style of warfare: the hoplite phalanx. Hoplites were armored infantrymen, armed with spears and shields. Seen in media, the phalanx was a formation of these soldiers with their shields locked together and spears pointed forward.
Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece
2017年1月13日 · "Men of Bronze" goes into the depths of hoplite warfare in Ancient Greece by examining every aspect of the Hoplite from its beginnings to how the hoplite fought on the battlefield and everything in between.
Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece on JSTOR
Hoplites were heavily armed infantry who carried large shields or aspides —circular, convex, and manipulated with double grips—and who typically confronted their opponents in phalanx formation.
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