Greek_Warefare

Greek Warefare The Hoplite Revolution and Greek Warfare Hoplite warfare was a representation of a source of living, and a form of values and relations between the Polis. Only the men considered to be a Hoplite, and part of the unit known as Phalanx, were able to afford the expensive Hoplite armour. The uniform was made with a lot of metal: bronze armour on the shins and chest, bronze helmet, with a small slit of the person to breathe. Not only was the armour very precise, the way that war was taken care of was as well. A war was not a spontaneous action; in fact, there was a process involved. The army was made up of farmers and citizens of the Polis. The first step was and assembly put together by the citizens. In an assembly the citizens would vote on weather or not war should be enforced. When the decision is made to go forth with war, agreements are made with the enemy. So that the population would know there was war in order, a speech was made to the rest of the citizens. War was very formal and done with much care. tyranny, way, war, very, tyrants, polis, men, made, people, citizens, over, hoplite, government, armour, wealth, warfare, rich, out, one, man, living, known, cities, tyrant, time, through, short, second, original, order, first, farmers, dead, battle, younger