. The life of the Greeks and Romans. s ; in more modern times the hoplitai, the heavy-armed foot-soldiers, decided the warriors retained the Homeric ovalshield, while the heavy iron cuirass waschanged for leather or linen jerkins withiron plates ; helmet and greaves also weremade of lighter materials. After thePersian wars we meet with light infantryas distinguished from the hoplitai. Afterthe expedition of the Ten Thousand, thelight infantry became an essential featureof Greek armies ; they were divided intoyv/uLvrj-es, yvfivol, soldiers without anyarmour, and TreXraaral, 7r
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. s ; in more modern times the hoplitai, the heavy-armed foot-soldiers, decided the warriors retained the Homeric ovalshield, while the heavy iron cuirass waschanged for leather or linen jerkins withiron plates ; helmet and greaves also weremade of lighter materials. After thePersian wars we meet with light infantryas distinguished from the hoplitai. Afterthe expedition of the Ten Thousand, thelight infantry became an essential featureof Greek armies ; they were divided intoyv/uLvrj-es, yvfivol, soldiers without anyarmour, and TreXraaral, 7re\TO(f)6poi, wearing a pelta as defensiveweapon. They were destined to fightat a distance; their weapons were,according to their national predilec-tions, the bow, the sling, or the peltastai also wore a shield in theform of a crescent (TreKra). It was two feet long, made of wood or osiers,and covered withleather. It is saidto have been ofThrakian origin. Invase-paintings thepelta is generallyworn by Amazons,.
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