Article on the evolution of hoplites
I found this article on the development of hoplites and thureophoroi quite interesting. Here's a quick summary (that misses a lot of the minor points).
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/luke/ueda-sar...hikrates1.html
Summary of part one:
He's basically arguing that the Iphikratean reforms involved marine hoplites rather than land-based ones.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/luke/ueda-sar...hikrates2.html
Summary of part two:
Here, he claims that Philip probably trained most of his troops to act as both phalangites and spearmen/javelinmen, their actual role in combat depending on the terrain. He also argues that most of the Greek mercs of our era were probably thureophoroi rather than hoplites.
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