Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from ... and a bronze-covered shield, the total weight of their equipment was therefore in the region of 60 to ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

but that limitation may not have mattered in ancient Greek hoplite warfare, where warriors stood close together in a "phalanx" or block, with their shields and spears facing forward. But the ...