![]() The thickness is about 11 mm (0.43”) and it weighs approx. The diameter of the shield is approximately 97 cm (38”) and the vault approx. On the rear side there is a leather handle and a rope attached to the bracket. It is made of bent plywood that is covered with canvas and painted by hand. This shield we sell is the exact copy of this Spartan shield. For example the Spartans painted the letter lambda on their shields during the Peloponnesian War. The shields were often decorated with symbols such as those of the city-states or luck. This large shield protected the carrier effectively against the opponent´s arrows, spears and swords, although it was very heavy to carry: it weighed up to 8 kg (18 lbs). A number of our round shields are made from smooth composite wood with hand-painted Greek designs and symbols, including Medusa, helmets, scorpions, Lambdas, Pegasus, ships, and fish. It was circular article called hoplon (often also called aspis) made of wood, measuring roughly one meter in diameter. These Hoplite shields, Spartan shields, and Trojan shields come in fully functional and decorative designs. Many famous personalities, philosophers, artists and poets, fought as hoplites.Įach hoplite provided his own equipment and the most distinctive armour of a hoplite was the shield. However, the father of Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon solved the problem by establishing the first hired-army ever. ![]() At first most of the hoplites were poor farmers, who weren´t much of a use to the city-state army because they had to stay home most of the year farming. The exact time when hoplitic warfare was developed is uncertain, but according to the prevalent theory it was established sometime during the 8th or 7th century BCE. A hoplite was a citizen-soldier of the heavy infantry of ancient Greek city-states.
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