10-23-2007, 04:36 PM
Quote:Ok, then a greek hoplite of the 2nd Punic War era would be similar to the classic hoplite?Quote:Ok, but then, what would be the equipment of those Hoplites, Iphicrates style?
Did Iphicratids outlast Iphicratus? I know of no references to support that.
The mercenary hoplites of the 3rd century were hoplites with Aspis and Dory. The greeks had only slowly been switching to sarissaphoroi since the middel of that century. Except for the Spartans, for whom we can date the conversion of some of their forces to Cleomenes III in the 220s, most greeks went through a stage where they were armed as Thureophoroi, spear and long scutum-type shield, before taking up the sarissa. The Acheans didn't convert until the 2nd century.
AKA Inaki
