10-23-2007, 08:52 PM
Greek citizens of some city-states were still traditional 'Hoplites' as Paul B said. Others were Thureophoroi, and others still 'Macedonian'(i.e. sarissa armed) Hoplites. What the citizens of the Italian-Greek cities were armed as I cannot say......
The Carthaginian citizen force seems to have disappeared after the 'truceless war' which followed the first Punic War..........
The Carthaginian citizen force seems to have disappeared after the 'truceless war' which followed the first Punic War..........
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
