Each shield was circular and convex ... Sparta’s battle methods were similar to those employed elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world. Hoplite warriors formed phalanxes, which advanced in ...

In battle, hoplites fought as a team ... on their shields - they believed only a coward would drop his shield and run away. Greek warships had oars as well as sails. The largest warships had ...

In battle, hoplites fought as a team ... on their shields - they believed only a coward would drop his shield and run away. Greek warships had oars as well as sails. The largest warships had ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal ... With an eight-foot long spear, a short sword, and a bronze-covered shield, the total weight of their equipment was therefore in the region of ...

Greek Hoplites were heavy infantry soldiers, citizen-soldiers who equipped themselves when called to fight for the poleis or city-state. Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest-ever White House ...