Spartan men aged between 20 and 60 would then be called up, starting with the most experienced. Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal ... the total weight of their equipment was therefore in the region of 60 to 70 lbs: almost half their own bodyweight! They fought primarily in a ...

ISBN: 1476666024 How the Greeks Fought Bardunias and Ray, authors of a number of books and articles on various aspects of ancient warfare, take a technical look at the mechanics of Hoplite combat ...