The Spartan hoplites organized themselves into a tight ... Each soldier bore a long lance and (5) a short iron sword. Despite the uniformity in hoplite dress, the Spartan warrior wore a ...

Armed with spear and shield, Hoplites weren’t professional soldiers - they were citizens ready to defend their homeland at a moment’s notice. Here is every country working on trade deals with ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen ... that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the ...