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A208 - spartan hoplite

A208 - Spartan Hoplite

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EK Castings - A208 - Spartan Hoplite - 480 BC
 
The entire Spartan army was divided into six parts, called morami. The composition of the first plagues were Hippo. The so-called top 300 hoplites Spartan army. They were chosen from men who were in the prime of life. They were in the right wing of the army and served as bodyguards of the king.
 
In 480 BC during the second campaign of the Persians on Greece (Greco-Persian Wars 500-449 BC.), the army of the Persian king Xerxes crossed the Hellespont Strait and moved deep into Greek territory. At Thermopylae narrow passage between the sea and the mountains of the Persians stopped the king Sparty Leonid with a detachment of 300, and 7,000 soldiers of allied Greek cities.

Leonid foresaw the possibility of the environment and sent most of the allies in a safe place. Himself with 300 Spartans took the fight with a detachment of ten thousand "immortal" - personal guard of Xerxes. Persians surrounded Leonid squad and destroyed it in an unequal battle. Neither Spartan not surrendered - killing one and all. Subsequently, in honor of the fallen at Thermopylae, the Spartans on the stone was the inscription: "Traveler, news Bring all citizens of Lacedaemon: honestly to fulfill the law, here we lie in the grave."

On Hoplite bronze Corinthian helmet with a crest on the high bracket. Carapace in transition from "kolokolovidnogo" to "anatomical". On his feet Bronze Leggings. Heaton traditional red color with black and white ornaments. Round shield-Aspis bronze coated sheet and decorated emblem its owner - scorpion. Of arms: spear with the shaft of ash and a short sword Lacaune.

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