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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!         ANCIENT WARFARE Part III: Ancient Greek Military:  Continuation: Alexander The Great PHILIP'S KINGDOMAt the battle of Chaeronea Philip defeated the allied Greek states of the Sacred Band of Thebes in September 338 BC.  At that time Alexander was only 18, and, having been placed in command of the left wing of Philip's cavalry, he demonstrated personal courage in breaking the Band.  It is...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!         ANCIENT WARFAREPart III: Ancient Greek Military:  Alexander The Great Introduction.Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon (Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon) (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia, was born in late July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia, he was one of the greatest military genius in history. He conquered much of what was then the civilized world, driven by his divine ambition of the...

  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!   ANCIENT WARFAREPart III: Ancient Greek Military:  Mercenaries Struggle for Hegemony MercenariesMercenaries were very important in the ancient history. The Greek armies did not need them at first, but later on they were even used in Hellas. Mercenaries were normally used because they were capable of doing something which the army could not do. That is why the Greeks hired Scythic archers, why the Persians used Greek...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!       ANCIENT WARFAREPart III: Ancient Greek Military:  Battle of Salamis 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC Battle of Plataea 479 BC The battle of Salamis, 480 BC. After the first Persian wars an exceptional rich vein was discovered in the Attic silver mines of Laurium. This gave new opportunities for Athens. One group led by Aristides wanted the profits to be spread out...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ANCIENT WARFAREPart III: Ancient Greek Military Arms and Warfare   There were many differences between Greek society of the Bronze Age and that of the Archaic and Classical periods. Warfare at this early date probably did not involve the organised phalanxes of heavy infantry (hoplites) which were characteristic of Classical Greek warfare, although there is evidence, both archaeological and documentary (from the Linear B...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ANCIENT WARFAREPart III: Ancient Greek Military Arms and Armour Between the early 7th century and the mid-4th century B.C the Ancient Greeks adopted a form of warfare using heavily-armed infantrymen called hoplites, armed with a short sword, shield and spear. At first, they tended to wear many items of heavy bronze armour to protect their bodies. Gradually, however, as it was realised that the...