Ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, but their warfare tactics and leadership during battle ...

Greek Hoplites were heavy infantry soldiers, citizen-soldiers who equipped themselves when called to fight for the poleis or ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from the wealthy middling ranks of society, particularly the farmers. They wore bronze armor breastplates ...

Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it ... The Greek foot soldier was called a hoplite. He fought with a long spear and used a large round shield for protection.

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it ... the Great defeated the Persian Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team. They lined up in ranks and locked their ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... methods were similar to those employed elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world. Hoplite warriors formed phalanxes, which advanced in lockstep.

According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides ... perched on the open top of the trireme, would be up to 30 hoplite infantrymen. Once the trireme had engaged with the enemy ship, either ...

Jeffrey Rop overturns the traditional view that the Greeks who fought in the Near East were mercenaries hired for their superior military skills as heavily armored hoplites. The presence of ...