Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited ... They fought primarily in a phalanx, a tightly packed shield and spear formation that might be several ranks ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country ... shields together with just their spears pointing over the top. This formation was known as a ‘phalanx’. A hoplite had to pay for his ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... from which a long line of spears protruded. The phalanx was formed of compact columns of hoplites who maintained the formation at the exact ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country ... shields together with just their spears pointing over the top. This formation was known as a ‘phalanx’. A hoplite had to pay for his ...