Those who did not make as much of an income simply had to deal with using cheaper, weaker equipment. Standardized equipment was also unavailable to hoplites: they were left to purchase and upkeep their own gear.
A man was expected to serve and protect his community when called upon. The city-state was not responsible for training professional troops. Ancient hoplites, in addition to their helmets and armor, were armed with a spear, a round shield, and a short-sword.Ī rendering of a Macedonian phalanx in formation post-military reform, via Īncient hoplite regiments were a quasi-civilian militia composed of men living within the city-state they would take up arms for. Standard ancient Greek infantrymen were referred to as hoplites (όπλίτης) a word which infantrymen in the modern Hellenic Army are called to this day. With a sheer number of small yet substantial hubs of power, it was not uncommon for πόλεις to fight one another. Before Alexander, the politics of the region were fragmented into the authority of varying city-states, or poleis (πόλεις) in Greek, which numbered in the thousands. The Greeks were only united under one banner proceeding the conquest of the region by Alexander the Great in 335 BCE. 500 BC, in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Berlin, via ĭespite having a common language and culture, ancient Greece was never politically unified. The Greek Fundamentals Of Ancient Warfare Corinthian Hoplite Helmet, susceptible only to a spear to the eye or mouth, ca.
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