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  Greco-Roman Warfare: The History and Legacy of the Phalanx and Legion Formations That Revolutionized the Ancient World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 130min

  Although the armies of the ancient Greek, or “Hellenic”, city-states (poleis, singular polis) included both cavalry (hippeis) and light infantry (psiloi, peltastes, gymnetes), their mainstay was undoubtedly the heavy infantry known today as hoplites. Armed to the teeth with their distinctive round shield (aspis or hoplon), high-crested helmet (corys) and long spear (dory), the hoplites were some of the most efficient soldiers of their time.Most historians believe that the hoplite became the dominant infantry soldier in nearly all the Greek city-states around the 8th century BCE. Like most infantry outside of Greece, the hoplites also carried spears, but while the Persian weapons were short and light for example, the Greek spears were thick shafts anywhere between seven and nine feet long. These spears were topped by a nine-inch spearhead, with a “lizard-sticker” buttspike at the bottom which could be used as a secondary spearhead if the main weapon was snapped off, or to plant the spear upright when at rest. Each hoplite also carried a shortsword, designed for thrusting in the close confines of a melee.For the Greeks, a hoplite was only as strong as the hoplite next to him; without hoplites on the sides, both flanks were exposed, and heavy infantry units are not mobile. Thus, they implemented the phalanx formation, one of history’s most important military innovations. The phalanx was a line of infantry as wide across as the battlefield dictated, anything from five to 30 men deep, with each rank of men officered by a veteran. The formation also included an additional, expert file-closer at the back of each file, to keep the formation cohesive.It was only with the advent of the more mobile Roman legion, and the defeat of phalanxes in battles like Cynoscephalae (197 BCE), that the hoplite phalanx was finally outclassed, although not without a long fight: the last of Alexander’s successor kingdoms, Ptolemaic Egypt, only fell in 31 BCE.Wh ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/106933/bk_acx0_106933_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Mini External Fixator for Open Unstable Phalanx Fracture. Evaluation of Results

  Mini External Fixator for Open Unstable Phalanx Fracture. Evaluation of Results ab 37.99 € als Taschenbuch: 1. Auflage. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Medizin,

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  Excursion Of The Putnam Phalanx To Boston Charlestown And Providence October 4-6 1859 (1859)

  Excursion Of The Putnam Phalanx To Boston Charlestown And Providence October 4-6 1859 (1859) ab 39.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,

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  Excursion Of The Putnam Phalanx To Boston Charlestown And Providence October 4-6 1859 (1859)

  Excursion Of The Putnam Phalanx To Boston Charlestown And Providence October 4-6 1859 (1859) ab 19.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,

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  The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence the War of 1812 and the Civil War

  The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence the War of 1812 and the Civil War ab 40.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,

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  The black phalanx; a history of the Negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812 1861-'65

  The black phalanx; a history of the Negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812 1861-'65 ab 24.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,

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  Reinstating the Hoplite (eBook, PDF)

  Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central rôle traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480-479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detailed scrutiny of hoplite equipment and its physical characteristics, the author demonstrates that this equipment must in fact have been developed specifically to meet the needs of warriors fighting in phalanx formations, which, it is shown, can be traced back into the eighth century BC. In this way, the study is not only a reappraisal of the rôle of the phalanx, but also a significant contribution to the study of Archaic Greek history. Great emphasis is, furthermore, placed upon the illumination of such crucial questions as the duration of the average hoplite battle and the rôle of the othismos - pushing - in deciding the outcome. In short, this e-book will quickly claim its place as one of the basic studies of ancient Greek hoplite battle.

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  Stille Wasser / Izara Bd.2

  Der zweite Teil der packenden Romantasy-Reihe von Julia Dippel.Die gesamte unsterbliche Welt weiß nun von Izara, und während ihr Vater im Kerker der Phalanx schmort, wird Ari von der Liga vorgeladen. Dort muss sie sich nicht nur dem hohen Rat stellen, sondern auch Lucians Familie ...

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  Stille Wasser: Izara 2

  Die gesamte unsterbliche Welt weiß nun von Izara, und während ihr Vater im Kerker der Phalanx schmort, wird Ari von der Liga vorgeladen. Dort muss sie sich nicht nur dem hohen Rat stellen, sondern auch Lucians Familie...

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  Corsana

  Corsana ab 38.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: The Phalanx Syndicate. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Kinderbücher, Romane,

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