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Thorakitai (386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

θωρακίται; sg.: θωρακίτης, thorakites) were a type of soldier in Hellenistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. The literal translation of the term is

Phrourarch (189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

phrourarchs. The term was widely used by the Macedonian and later Hellenistic armies. Regarding the Spartans, it is not clear if phrourarch was the specific

Chalkaspides (403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the defeated chalkaspides. The term Chalkaspides is found in other Hellenistic armies, as well. The historian Polybius records a military parade by the

Battle of Elasa (2,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commanded from the elite cavalry on the right flank, as was custom in Hellenistic armies. Judas opted to attack the right flank of the Seleucid army hoping

Syrian Wars (3,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an army. He recruited not only from the local Greek population, as Hellenistic armies generally were, but also from the native Egyptians, enrolling at least

Phalanx (5,882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hundred hoplites to a maximum of around five hundred in the late Hellenistic armies. Here, it has to be noted that the military manuals of Asclepiodotus

Roman infantry tactics (20,342 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

performance was uneven. By the time the Romans were engaging against Hellenistic armies, the Greeks had ceased to use strong flank guards and cavalry contingents

Chapters of 2 Maccabees (16,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"each" is interpreted as there being two such armies!). Scholars of Hellenistic armies such as Israel Shatzman consider deploying, managing, and feeding