Hoplite Shield Designs

[hoplite14gr]

Well come Mark.
Please treat this as suggestion.
First decide on the period
Archaic Era: 700 650 B.C.
Family clan emblems or individual devices are predominant.
Clasical Era: 650-450
City states strat gradualy adopting emblems. (Moon for Platea, Pegasus for Korinthos or Farsala) Elite units might vary from the city emblem.
Late Clasical 450-350
Most cities ravaged by war rely mainly on the city monogram and cheaper equipment i.e. A=Athens T= Torone and the L for Spartans
Hellenistic Era: 350 - 146 hoplon shield is dropped in favor smaller pikeman's shield and peltast carrly large shields like the Celts (THYREOPHOROI). The League's monogram predominates over the city emblem.
Some Tharcian clans have been identified too.
Please tell me what you are thinking of renacting and I can try to be more specific. If you have browsed through the thread you might seen me throwing heraldry info hear and there. Feel free to contact me and I will guide you as I did with Commerus with his Philip outfit.
Unfortunatelly nobody yet showed interest to publish the knowledge that
Giorgos and I have aquired n the subject so I can coach you only on individual basis.
Kind regards
Stefanos