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The Spartans used the typical Greek shield of the period, called a Hoplon (from which the word "Hoplite" comes - that is, the infantryman was named after the shield he typically used).

The Hoplon was actually made primarily of a wood frame, with a leather straps for the forearm in the center, and a small metal (or rope) handle near the rim. The shield as a whole is a circular, convex shallow dish shape, between 32 and 40 inches in diameter, about 5 inches deep.

Earlier Hoplons (or, Aspis, as the Greeks referred to them) had their face heavily covered in leather, with a thin bronze rim at the edges. Later, "Classical" period Hoplons did away with the leather cover, and used solely a thin bronze sheathing of the entire shield face.

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