Known as a hoplon—from which is derived the name of its bearer, the hoplite—the shield was, together with the spear, the most important weapon of the Spartan warrior. Each shield was circular ...
The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire ... Unlike other Greeks, who only took up the spear when ...
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