A Storm of Spears: Understanding the Greek Hoplite in Action (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for A Storm of Spears The backbone of classical Greek armies was the phalanx of heavily armored spearmen, or hoplites. These were the soldiers that defied the might of Persia at Marathon, Thermopylae and Plataea and, more often, fought each other in the countless battles of the Greek city-states. For around two centuries they were the dominant soldiers of the Classical world, in great demand as mercenaries throughout t...
Full description- Publisher: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors
- Published: 01 July 2012
- Format: Hardback 336 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9781612001197 ISBN 10: 161200119X
- Sales rank: 207,714
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Full description for A Storm of Spears
The backbone of classical Greek armies was the phalanx of heavily armored spearmen, or hoplites. These were the soldiers that defied the might of Persia at Marathon, Thermopylae and Plataea and, more often, fought each other in the countless battles of the Greek city-states. For around two centuries they were the dominant soldiers of the Classical world, in great demand as mercenaries throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. Yet, despite the battle descriptions of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon etc, and copious evidence of Greek art and archaeology, there are still many aspects of hoplite warfare that are little understood or the subject of fierce academic debate.
