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What is the massive formation of heavily armed Greek foot soldiers?
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∙ 8y ago
The were called hoplites (from the word hopla = a panoply - or full set - of arms and armour). They were not a military order, they were mostly just small farmers who turned out to protect their farms and city when needed. They assembled for training each month. The exception was Sparta, where they lived in a mess, trained regularly, but they had serfs to work their farms for them.
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What is a massive formation of heavily armed greek foot soldiers?
. . . a Phalanx .
A massive formation of heavily armed Greek foot soldiers?
They were called phalanx, often called greekers.
What is a Greek formation of heavily armed foot soldiers?
. . . a Phalanx .
How did the phalanx affect the greek society and government?
The Phalanx was a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers. This required long hours of drill. Shared training created a strong sense of unity among citizen- soldiers.
What advantage did Philips soldiers have?
Their battle formation - the phalanx was a massed formation which broke less cohesive ranks. Their spears were twice as long as other Greek spears which added to the phalanx's power.
What is the name of an army of soldiers who fight on foot?
In ancient times, heavily armed foot soldiers were called heavy infantry. This term is often used to describe the soldiers in the armies of Alexander the Great.
What was Hoplites soilders jobs?
Hoplites were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed as spearmen and fought in phalanx formation
What were greek soldiers called?
Soldiers... or in greek, Στρατιώτες.
Facts about greek soldiers?
If you mean an ancient Greek soldier he was known as a Hopalite
What was the most used greek city state military formation?
Greek city states often employed the military formation called the phalanx. It was a compact grouping of soldiers that had four sides. In later times this formation was abandoned because other nations such as the legions of ancient Rome were able to defeat the phalanx because of the difficulty in maneuvering troops.
How the city-states' military system has changed by 700 bc?
At first Greek militarist consisted of aristocratic cavalry soldiers, or nobles on horseback. After 700 BC it changed the military system to hoplites, heavily armed infantry soldiers, or referred to as foot soldiers. These soldiers carried a round shield, a short sword, and a very long spear.
What formation did the greek gods sit in?
Greek myth does not say.
