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What can we learn about Greek soldiers?

What can we learn about Greek soldiers?. T he soldiers wore breastplates, helmets, and greaves to protect their legs. Their shields were carefully packed away until needed. This vase painting shows a boy bringing a shield in ready for use while another helps a soldier with his greaves.

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What can we learn about Greek soldiers?

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  1. What can we learn about Greek soldiers?

  2. The soldiers wore breastplates, helmets, and greaves to protect their legs. Their shields were carefully packed away until needed. This vase painting shows a boy bringing a shield in ready for use while another helps a soldier with his greaves. http://www.gridclub.com

  3. http://www.metmuseum.org

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  5. A Greek foot soldier was called a hoplite. He wore a linen shirt with metal armour plates on the shoulders. A bronze breastplate covered his chest and stomach, and greaves (shin guards) covered his legs. He wore a bronze helmet with a tall crest on his head. The hoplite carried a shield and a spear. Around his waist was a belt with a short sword. Hoplites fought in close formation. Greek soldiers had to pay for their own armour and weapons.  If you could not afford to buy armour and weapons you could still serve in the army as a stone-thrower or archer. http://www.gridclub.com http://www.educate.org.uk/

  6. Spear Padded Jacket Quiver of arrows Bow A Persian Soldier A modern drawing of a Persian soldier from Investigating History, Ancient Greece by Peter Kent and Sue Cosson (ISBN 0-7501-0393-0)

  7. The British Museum, reproduced in Primary History, Ancient Greeks (ISBN 1-852766-111-3) Ancient Art and Architecture Collection reproduced in Collins Primary History, Ancient Greece (ISBN 0-000315451-3)

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