A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

Unlike Athens to the north ... Known as a hoplon—from which is derived the name of its bearer, the hoplite—the shield was, together with the spear, the most important weapon of the Spartan ...

A rare ancient Greek helmet is heading to the auction block, where experts expect it to sell for as much as £90,000 (roughly ...

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 ...

A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself ... their shields - they believed only a coward would drop his shield and run away. Greek warships had oars as well as sails. The largest warships ...

A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself ... their shields - they believed only a coward would drop his shield and run away. Greek warships had oars as well as sails. The largest warships ...

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 ...