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 ...

Greek Hoplites were heavy infantry soldiers, citizen-soldiers who equipped themselves when called to fight for the poleis or city-state. 'Amaran' actor Sivakarthikeyan on facing social media ...

Demosthenes was a talented ancient Greek general skilled in surprise attacks, who fought for Athens during the Peloponnesian ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...