The ancient Greeks wore a variety of hats to protect them from the elements and to act as aesthetic embellishments ...

Spartan wearing a Corinthian helmet and wrapped in a cape ... were similar to those employed elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world. Hoplite warriors formed phalanxes, which advanced in lockstep.

Corinthian helmets were symbols of the Greek infantry's military style and have become symbols of the ancient world, with the ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal ... though in time they adopted tactics to overcome the close combat favored by Greek armies. During the 5th century BC, swords became increasing ...

attracting the finest craftsmen from other Greek city-states. The Chigi olpe is considered to be the earliest known representation of hoplite phalanxes. Credit: ArchaiOptix / Wikimedia Commons The ...

One was a young aristocrat, Cimon, the son of Miltiades, the victorious Athenian general at Marathon ten years before. He symbolically exchanged his riding equipment for the shield of a hoplite ...