10-01-2010, 04:07 AM
As Paul said, we really can't make any general statements. We know from a couple of inscriptions that the hoplite shield survived in use among the citizen troops of independent poleis in western Asia Minor until the late 3rd c. BC, and perhaps even into the 2nd c. BC.
Maybe it's just skipping my mind, but what evidence do we have that the hoplite shield was in use in Sparta up until Cleomenes' reforms?
Quote:while Sparta for example, traded their aspides for peltae directly under Cleomenes reforms
Maybe it's just skipping my mind, but what evidence do we have that the hoplite shield was in use in Sparta up until Cleomenes' reforms?
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
