02-19-2014, 10:28 AM
Hi to everybody!
I was searching infos about Greek warfare in III B.C. and in particular about Syracuse.
Actually as far as I know in the III B.C. proper hoplitism had faded, but I was arguing how were in that period actually equipped the greek armies... besides the presence of thyreophoroi equipped with the thyreos, it is correct to imagine an all-macedonian phalanx context, with sarissophoroi/pezhetairoi as main troops?
Or is possible to hypotize a subsistence of Iphicrates' hoplites corps?
As I said, my interest is mainly on greek contexts like Athens and Sparta, and moreover on Syracuse.
Thank you in advance for your time!
I was searching infos about Greek warfare in III B.C. and in particular about Syracuse.
Actually as far as I know in the III B.C. proper hoplitism had faded, but I was arguing how were in that period actually equipped the greek armies... besides the presence of thyreophoroi equipped with the thyreos, it is correct to imagine an all-macedonian phalanx context, with sarissophoroi/pezhetairoi as main troops?
Or is possible to hypotize a subsistence of Iphicrates' hoplites corps?
As I said, my interest is mainly on greek contexts like Athens and Sparta, and moreover on Syracuse.
Thank you in advance for your time!
