08-23-2004, 05:09 PM
A wicker pelta weighs less than an aspis, so that's the most important reason for its use by light troops... look at the defeat of the Spartan hoplites by Athenian peltasts at Sphacteria... <p></p><i></i>
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan