The thorakitai (Greek: θωρακίται; sg.: θωρακίτης, thorakites) were a type of soldier in Hellenistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. The literal translation...
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Creed Odyssey, where they serve as elite soldiers in the Ptolemaic Army. Thorakitai Thyreophora Also thyreaphoros: θυρεαφόρος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott...
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Thureophoroi or Thorakitai, troops armed with an oval shield of the Celtic type, a thrusting spear and javelins. The Thureophoroi and Thorakitai pre-date any...
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Peltast – a light infantryman using a lighter pelte shield Thyreophoroi and thorakitai – medium infantrymen using thyreos shields Cartwright, Mark. "Hoplite"...
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Fresco of an ancient Makedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC...
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cuirass/breastplate Linothorax, Ancient Greek armour composed of linen Thorakitai, Hellenistic soldiers equipped with mail Thorax (cockroach), a genus of...
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adoption of new weapons and troop types such as Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai who used the oval Thureos shield and fought with javelins and the machaira...
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nations began to field two new types of hoplites, the Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai. They developed when Greeks adopted the Galatian Thureos shield, of an...
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Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield....
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up of peltasts had defeated a force of hoplites. The thureophoroi and thorakitai, who gradually replaced the peltasts, carried javelins in addition to...
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musicians providing entertainment. Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC...
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led to the development of two new troop types: the Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai. The Romans were heavily influenced and affected by their interactions...
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Antigonid Macedonian army Fresco of an Ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC; Archeological...
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upgraded the javelineers to lightly armored general purpose infantry (thorakitai and thyreophoroi) with javelins and sometimes spears. Eventually, these...
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suggested that the infantry are in fact more likely to be Thureophoroi or Thorakitai, troops armed with an oval shield of the Celtic type, a thrusting spear...
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wall painting, 3rd century BC Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC...
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sarcophagus found in Italy, 350-325 BC Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC...
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(son of Jason) Tholos Tholos of Delphi Thoön (mythology) Thootes Thorae Thorakitai Thorax (Aetolia) Thorax of Lacedaemonia Thorax of Larissa Thoricus Thrace...
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