Thorakitai (redirect from Thorakites)
The thorakitai (Greek: θωρακίται; sg.: θωρακίτης, thorakites) were a type of soldier in Hellenistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. The literal translation...
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Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakites) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC, İstanbul Archaeology Museums...
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Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakites) wearing mail armour and bearing a thureos shield...
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Peloponnesian War, and well-equipped skirmisher troops such as thureophoroi and thorakites would be developed to provide a strong mobile force for the Greek and...
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Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakites) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC, İstanbul Archaeology Museums...
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replaced by the Macedonian-style phalanx. A related troop type was the thorakites, which were generally heavier and wore mail armor. Thyreophoroi are frequently...
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