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Miltiades\' helmet
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The Spartans sent half of their citizen manpower compliment to Plataia as Michael suggests. Even with such a crucial situation as that final confrontation with the Persians, they were not going to risk leaving the city defenceless. Two reasons for this: (a) they always feared an uprising from helots and periokoi; (b) the Persians (or sympathetic Greeks, or even nominally neutral Greeks like Argos) could outflank them and attack the city in the absence of the army. Obviously, if the figures are to believed a massive amount of supporting helot light troops were present at Plataia, so that possibly lessens threat (a); but being a naturally cautious bunch, the Spartans still would not have committed their entire force. The other 5,000 troops were self-evidently periokoi hoplites whom the Spartans would have used in the normal course of events anyway (qualifying as Lakedaimonians too).

Just adding my tuppenceworth, although I assume we are all clear on that point.
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Miltiades\' helmet - by Jona Lendering - 07-14-2011, 11:21 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-14-2011, 11:42 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Jona Lendering - 07-15-2011, 11:57 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-15-2011, 07:09 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 07-15-2011, 08:27 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by hoplite14gr - 07-16-2011, 01:45 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Jona Lendering - 07-16-2011, 11:14 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Gulan - 02-03-2012, 06:58 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 02-05-2012, 02:16 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 02-05-2012, 05:38 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 02-05-2012, 06:57 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Roach - 02-05-2012, 03:43 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Paralus - 02-06-2012, 05:42 AM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Roach - 02-06-2012, 03:10 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Paralus - 02-06-2012, 03:49 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Ghostmojo - 02-06-2012, 05:06 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Paralus - 02-06-2012, 05:35 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Ghostmojo - 02-06-2012, 07:12 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Paralus - 02-06-2012, 07:23 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Ghostmojo - 02-06-2012, 07:37 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Robert Vermaat - 02-06-2012, 07:53 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Paralus - 02-06-2012, 08:17 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 02-06-2012, 11:44 PM
Re: Miltiades\' helmet - by Roach - 02-07-2012, 12:19 AM

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