The Persian archers and light troops who fought in the Battle of Marathon failed because their bows were too weak for their arrows to penetrate the wall of Greek shields that comprised the phalanx formation. The formation proved successful in defeating the Persians when employed by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE during the First Greco-Persian War. In the 8th or 7th century BCE, Greek armies adopted the phalanx formation. Hoplite soldiers made up the bulk of ancient Greek armies. These existed at times in Athens, Argos, Thebes, and Syracuse, among others.
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Some states maintained a small elite professional unit, known as the epilektoi ("chosen") since they were picked from the regular citizen infantry. Most hoplites were not professional soldiers and often lacked sufficient military training. The hoplites were primarily represented by free citizens – propertied farmers and artisans – who were able to afford a linen armour or a bronze armour suit and weapons (estimated at a third to a half of its able-bodied adult male population). The formation discouraged the soldiers from acting alone, for this would compromise the formation and minimize its strengths. Hoplite soldiers used the phalanx formation to be effective in war with fewer soldiers. Hoplites ( / ˈ h ɒ p l aɪ t s/ HOP-lytes ) ( Ancient Greek: ὁπλίτης : hoplítēs) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields.
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Also, Ahiga and Den5104 were kind enough to teach me how to edit unit height, and to contribute a ton to my ability to use the PFM.Īdditionaly, as of v1.2, massive credit has to go to Playker, who generously allowed me to use his shield textures for Spartans from his awesome mod, which you can find here. He created the Corinthian helm with the tall crest, was gracious enough to let me use it, and it was by looking at his changes that I figured out how to do all of this. V1.9: Updated for compatibility with Hannibal at the Gates, added in new Picked Hoplites.Ī huge amount of credit, as well as props, has to go to Prof.
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V1.8: Updated unit_variants table to work with Caesar in Gaul and patch 8. V1.7 Fixed: Updated unit_variants table to provide compatibility with the new Bactria Units! V.1.7: Added compatability with GSARE, updated some Seleucid units, added in beards. V1.6: Updated the Greek Standard Bearer with bronze armor and a Corinthian helm, although I left the Theuros. V1.5: Thorax Pikemen removed from Hellas Resurgent Pack and added to the new Diadochoi Resplendent pack, detailed above! Bronze armor worked into Spartan/Athenian Hoplite units, although rare (approximately 1 in 6 will have it.) Additional version with vanilla capes for Spartan Heroes/Royal Spartans added. By request, added version with vanilla Heroes of Sparta. V1.3: Spartan Perioikoi Hoplites given greek unpainted shields, Thorax pikemen touched up.
V1.2 Uniform No Cloak: Same as v1.2, but as per request removed cloaks from Royal Spartans. V1.2 Uniform: Same changes as v1.2 but with uniform crested and plain corinthian helms. V1.2: Spartan shields updated to Red Lamda, texture courtesy of Playker. V1.1: Uniform added, which removes all of the helmets from the above greek units except for Corinthian helms, ensuring that all units will consistently have that classical feel. V1.1: Thorax Swordsmen primary weapon changed to Xiphos, as it was the preferred infantry weapon for Greek soldiers due to its versatility.
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