THE GREEK HOPLITE Flashcards
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Q
Where and how was his training conducted?
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UNDERGO STRCIT TRAINING IN PREP FOR ROLE In 2 years when in late teens
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Q
Who were they?
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Heavily armed INFANTRYMAN of GREEK CITY STATES.
Citizen who could afford himself ARMOUR AND WEAPONS
2
Q
WHAT WAS TESTED IN HOPLITES TRAINING?
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Strength
Agility and quick reflex
3
Q
He should either return
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VICTORIOUS OR DEAD
4
Q
what was a drill
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FORMED A BLOCK OF MEN 6 wide and 6 deep. TO REFORM A SINGLE FILE THAT WAS REVERSED
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Q
What was a lochas
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4 ENOMOTIAI
Drawn up 3 me. Abreast moving forward to form a phalanx twelve wide
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Q
Forming a phalanx
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When 4 ENOMOTIAI (a LOCHOS) formed phalanx and first enomotia( 36 men) HALTED
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Q
The army strength dropped from 9000 to 8000 and hundred years later it was only 3600
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What happened between 7th and 5th centuries?
