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Cretan warfare in classical ages
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Hairete

Since this is a very informative forum full of great material and people i would like to ask something. Im interested in the warfare status of Crete in classical ages. There is a great deal of Minoan and Mycenean Crete but not that much really for classical age.

So apart the famous archers serving as mercenaries, how Cretan warmachine was organised? they used as base the hoplites as in the rest of Greece or had a more hybridic style with more emfasis to ranged weapons?

The hoplite armament was the same or had a diffrent style in armour? they had heavy infantry duties or were more like ekdromoi?

Every available information will be valuable.

Thanks
aka Yannis
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Molon lave
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#2
Please use this link:
http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/var ... Greek.html
Not very detailed but it can answer your questions.
If you want more details ask me.
Kind regards
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#3
Quote:Please use this link:
http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/var ... Greek.html
Not very detailed but it can answer your questions.
If you want more details ask me.
Kind regards

thank ill study it and come back with more questions if any
aka Yannis
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Molon lave
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#4
I have always been looking for information on the Cretan army, thanks Stefanos!
[size=75:wtt9v943]Susanne Arvidsson

I have not spent months gathering Hoplites from the four corners of the earth just to let
some Swedish pancake in a purloined panoply lop their lower limbs off!
- Paul Allen, Thespian
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#5
Glad you liked it.
Suzanne you will have a chance to learn about their shield emblems too in June. Mark will apereciate it too I think. He will renact a Cretan hoplite.

Kind regards
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