hoplite

In time of war he was batman to the hoplite.

There were therefore probably around 5,000 hoplite marines with the League fleet.

The word "hoplite" derives from the type of the shield used by the soldiers.

It was from this word that hoplite (a Greek soldier) is derived.

Under the monarchy, the hoplite armies were led by the kings of Rome.

Another is the Spartan hoplite in his red garment.

Yet bronze armour remained in some form until the end of the hoplite era.

The Achaean army was an army of the traditional hoplite type.

In addition to this military aspect, to be a hoplite was a key characteristic of Greek citizenship.

It is probable that he was the originator of hoplite phalanx.

The Greek hoplite had been the most terrible of foes, on the ancient battlefield.

In ancient Greece the Hoplite was a common form of heavy infantry.

Insofar as hoplite warfare could be perfected, the Spartans did so.

The hoplite type troops were not abandoned, but were no longer the core of the army.

He resembled a large muscular man, dressed in grey hoplite armour.

Regardless of where it developed, the model for the hoplite army evidently quickly spread throughout Greece.

Felice removed her hoplite helmet and set it upon a large bedside stand.

Militarily, a major lesson for the Greeks was the potential of the hoplite phalanx.

The Spartan hoplite followed a strict laconic code of honor.

The left half of the shield was designed to cover the unprotected right side of the hoplite next to them.

This was the first true engagement between a hoplite army and a non-Greek army.

In an unrelated scene on the opposite side, a hoplite and an archer say goodbye to their aged parents.

Each hoplite bore the Spartan emblem and a scarlet uniform.

No wooden practice blades here, both were using the short iron stabbing swords of the hoplite.