A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be ...

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

Spartan men aged between 20 and 60 would then be called up, starting with the most experienced. Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis ...

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 ...

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

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen ... that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the ...

A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself ... but it was the phalanx that won many famous battles. Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks, so bloodstains wouldn't show up. They also grew their ...

A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself ... but it was the phalanx that won many famous battles. Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks, so bloodstains wouldn't show up. They also grew their ...