Different Kind of Soldiers
-From age 18 to 60 all physically fit men went to the military.
-Most of the soldiers were the heavily armored infantry called hoplites.
-Young ephebes (adolescent males) trained for 2 year in a barracks then went home until there was a time for more soldiers.
-Hoplite attendants: light armored men usually poor citizens or trusted slaves.
-If they only needed a small force they would take the people from 20 to 24 years old.
-But if it was a crisis they would summon everyone, even elderly.
-The hoplite attendants carried the hoplite's shields (aspis) and other supplies of theirs until they fought.
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