Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . riors. Their armament re-mained the same, except that theirshields grew smaller, — from four totwo and a half feet in height, whilethe pike grew longer, — from ten to asmuch as twenty-one feet, or, as some Full-Armed Greek Archer,state, twenty-four feet, which was the sarissa of psiloi served to protect the hoplites as well as to openthe battle. The best archers and slingers came from Crete,Rhodes, Ac
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . riors. Their armament re-mained the same, except that theirshields grew smaller, — from four totwo and a half feet in height, whilethe pike grew longer, — from ten to asmuch as twenty-one feet, or, as some Full-Armed Greek Archer,state, twenty-four feet, which was the sarissa of psiloi served to protect the hoplites as well as to openthe battle. The best archers and slingers came from Crete,Rhodes, Acaruania, ^gina, and Achaia. The psiloi camefrom a poor class as of yore, were illy armed and of littleconsideration. It was reserved for Iphicrates of Athens to better their discipline andcondition, and prove theirutility in service. Afterthe Peloponnesian war hecreated a new body, armedwith well-poised sjoears forcasting, light but good linen armor, and a small, Peltast. round shield (pelte), from which they were called peltasts. These troops had in a de-gree the lightness of the psiloi and the steadfastness of thehoplites. This new arm proved useful, and was shortly imi-. 64 RELATIVE STRENGTH OF HEAVY AND LIGHT FOOT. tated by the other Greek cities. Scarlet or crimson were thefavorite colors of the warrior. The Greek cavalry was either heavy, — cataphracti, bear-ing long double-ended lances, sword and axe, small shield, and fully armored, aswas also the horse; orlight, — acrobolisti, far-shooters, — who weremerely light-armed rid-ers and like nomads intheir methods. The forceof cavalry had beensomewhat increased bythe time of the Persianinvasion to about onetenth the foot. Age-silaus, in Asia Minor,
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