Hoplite Shield Designs

[hoplite14gr]

There is an explanation of what happend at Delio as we found in our reserch.
Athenian epilektoi from Vravrona who sported sun an cresent on black shields were mistaken for Thespians (cresent on shields) and were killed.
Imagine blood and dust covering the sun pic and leaving the cresent ecposed and an inexperienced lad in his first fight who has to make a quick decision.


An now we know what a classical Spartan phalanx might look like.
We are uncertain about the Archaic times.

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