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Soldiers Put an Ancient Greek Suit of Armor to the Test, and It Passed
For decades, archaeologists have wondered whether a suit of Bronze Age armor found in Greece—boar's tusk helmet ... It was found near the site of Mycenae, an ancient city about 70 miles west ...
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‘A Phenomenal Feeling’: 2,500-Year-Old Greek-Illyrian Helmet Unearthed In Croatia
"Hrvoje lifted the stone and started shouting that he had found a helmet too! It's an understatement to say it's a phenomenal ...
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Vase showing Hoplite Battle c.600 BC (Louvre, Paris)
Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from the wealthy middling ranks of society, particularly the farmers. They wore bronze armor breastplates ...
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The ancient Greeks at war
In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself, unless his father was killed in battle. Then he was given his father's equipment.