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who participated in the army?
-How to meet certain requirements
- male
- 18 or older
- own land
- have the mandotory 2 years military training
-this system is much different than the old ways
- old ways
- rich
- had to buy your weapons
- poor man could not affors to fight in the war
- resulted in rather small army sizes
diferent kinds of soldiers
- from age 18 to 60 physically fit mean went to the military
- most of the solderier were heavily armored infanty called hoplites
- younger ephebes trained for 2 years
-hoplite attendants light armored men usually poor citisens or trusted slaves
- most of the other wealthier citizens that could raise their own horse were part of the cavalry courps
what were there roles
- if they oonly needed a small forces they would take the poeple from 20 to 24 years olf
- but if it was a crisis they would summon everone even elderly
- the hosplite attendant carried the hoplites shields and other supplies of there until they fought
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