Military and Delian League:
Greek army: armor- Hoplites wore helmets and used shields. bronze body armor and greaves- shin guards. Hoplites derives from the greek word shield.
Armor becomes lighter with fortified linen and shain metal.
weapons: used spears or spikes 6-7 feat long. used swords and daggers as back up.
tactics- the greek army used Phalanx against the persian army in 490 B.C. In Phalanx fro mHoplites would create a wall of sheilds in the front row and then long spears held by the second row and behind and come down over the shoulders of the first row.
Famous battles: Battle of Thermopoly- persians won to spartans. spartans lost 300 men and their king.
Battle of salamis: Greeks fought against persians at sea. one third of Xerxes fleet was lost.
Hoplites- well armored, well armed, very skilled, easily won, premier soldiers
Peltast soldiers- lighter infantry, protectors of the Phalanx, spears or javelins.
Psiloi- very little to no body armor, bow sling, or javelin, almost no shields, mostly poor citizens
Cavalry- on horses, sometimes armed or no armed, shields or no shields, no armor or armor, leather or metal, if armed carried a javelin
Wealthiest- were the leaders of the army
second wealthiest- formed the cavelry
third wealthiest- formed the hoplite infintry
poorest- became archers as well as oarsmen.
Delian League- persian league, spartans launched the peloponnesian war to force the Athenians to give up this league.
Joined in 478-477 B.C. against the persians
an alliance of ancient greek city states that were dominated by athens.
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