Publisher Ravenage and developer TripleBricksGames have released action RPG / tower defense hybrid Legendary Hoplite for ...

Learn about the story and check out gameplay from Legendary Hoplite in this console launch trailer for the game that combines action RPG and Tower Defense set in Ancient Greece. In Legendary Hoplite, ...

This is the oldest known depiction of hoplite phalanx formation. The upper register, painted in black, white, and two shades of brown over the cream-colored terracotta, shows infantrymen equipped with ...

The hoplite infantrymen fought primarily in a phalanx, a tightly packed shield and spear formation that might be several ranks deep and many soldiers wide. It was a tight “war machine” that was ...

Hoplites depicted in battle wielding the dory, the most common weapon used in ancient Greek wars, depicted on a piece of pottery in the black figure style. Credit: Grant Mitchell / CC BY 2.0 / ...

On a balmy and late summer evening, I got to see the first performance of a new Nottingham band called The Hoplites at Metronome. The evening included the great retro sounds from DJ Jim Byrd ...

Given the close-quarter nature of hoplite warfare, where spear thrusts and sword blows were common, greaves were an essential part of the hoplite’s armour. Use in Battle: Greaves allowed hoplites to ...

And we find a lot of the later Hoplite armor, which was paid for by the warriors who used it. Since this armor showed up in a tomb, Flouris suggests that it was likely to have been an exceptional ...

The hoplites were the regular infantry of both sides, armed with the long thrusting spear and fighting in powerful phalanxes, but it was the Spartans who used them to greater effect, eventually ...

After testing the waters with a range of new heads Victrix Limited have revisited their classical Greek Hoplites and the resulting pack is now shipping for all of those looking to add some class to ...