Greek Hoplites, 700-300 B.C.

These citizen-soldiers of ancient Greece were nearly unstoppable. Greek hoplites were infantry warriors who carried shields, were primarily armed with spears, and fought in the disciplined ranks of a phalanx formation – a solid mass of soldiers typically eight ranks deep. From about  700 B.C. to around 300 B.C., the hoplite phalanx dominated warfare in …

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