Greeks vs Romans: Empires at War
The Ancients
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The Greek Hoplite, a Citizen Soldier
The greek hoplite is a citizen soldier. Is either a townsman or he works in the agrarian economy. He has enough personal wealth to be able to afford the spanapole, and is encouraged to actually buy this equipment as well by the society in which he lives. And if you had the money, but chose not to, youl would be looked down upon. Thebes knows that at the beginning of the fourth century, b c to take on the spot, and has got to defeat the spartans on land. So they have a series of very, very novative military leaders who go through various stages of taking the hoplite military system and adding and
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