Among the mass of ordinary warriors, weapons and protective armor began to be widely spread. The appearance on the battlefield of the Goplitskaya Falanga is associated with the expansion of the circle of military-ridden persons and involving the most wide layers of the population to the military organization. To fight hand to hand with the enemy leaders were shields and armor.

The latter should have to demonstrate the heroic ethos and act more strongly than others, engaging in a battle of ordinary soldiers. Helmet and armor from Argos, between 720 and 700 BCE Archaeological Museum (Argos) Armor and helmetДЄccording to the descriptions 'Iliad' already in Homer era in X-VIII centuries BC battle looked like collision lined up against each other compact masses soldiers headed leaders. Kvaziritualnaya tactics focused on the standards set by the Homeric epic. Along with a circular used dipilonsky shield with lateral notches. Warriors aristocrats wore bronze helmets, armor and leggings. All elements have parallels in Mycenaean earlier findings, as well as in more recent findings weapons and armor from Olympia VII-VI century BCДЇinally, a number of sources are bronze and terracotta figures of warriors from the sanctuary of Olympia, Delphi and Dodona, as well as images of warriors with shields and a couple of copies on the vase painting geometric style VIII-VII centuries BC In sum, these data show that the appearance of warriors of that time in the main details imitated Mycenaeans. Here we were found fragments of bronze greaves and two iron ax. One of the earliest findings is bronze Panoplia burial of young aristocrat from Argos, dated interval between 720 and 700 BCE It is composed of a bronze butterfly shell kolokolovidnoy shape and conical helmet with big naschochnikami and high-mount for the hair of the Sultan. Among the parallels are also names for the offensive weapons: for example, qi-si-pe = ОѕО№П†ПЊП‚ and pa-ka-na = П†О¬ПѓОіО±ОЅОїОЅ - В«swordВ», e-ke-a = ООіП‡ОїП‚ and a-ka-sa-ma = О±ОЇП‡ОјО® - 'spear' and pa-ta-jo = ПЂО±О»П„ПЊОЅ, that is 'a dart'.ДЄlso in terms of similarity is striking morphological similarity between Mykene weapons and armor on the one hand, and archaeological finds VIII-VII century BC, on the other. Here we find a ko-ru = ОєПЊПЃП…П‚, ie the 'helmet'. Mycenaean to-ra-ka corresponds ОёП‰ПЃО±Оѕ, that is the common name for shell in Homer and later writers. Strong two captured copy povershonnye copper,ДЄcute copper from which remote, to the sky.Д¬omparison Homeric lexicon to refer to weapons and armor from the material inscriptions on clay tablets from Knossos, Mycenae and Pylos definitely points to the similarity or even the continuity of military terminology between the two eras. With horse mane and terrible over its crest swayed Helmet laying on the head adorned, chetveroblyashny, Three, gossip among themselves, from one jutting necks. Srebryany was under the shield sim belt The length of it andДЄ gray dragon snaked terrible the head of the dragon Scary looking, which are round and Terror and Fleeing. There Gorgon shield svirepoobraznaya povershala, White in the middle of one jutting Well - carrion crow Twenty-along was his shining metal plates of tin, Raised, in all covering, rapid Majestic his shield, Nails gleaming golden vagina mechnoe neighborhood Sword he attacked Rameau around in his grip Zeus approves on a cloud, in a marvelous omen death. Three sides of, like a rainbow, koi Kronion Tin white twenty twelve brilliant of gold Д«lue-gray snake on them jutting up to the necks, The armor now ten bands extend Voronin black, Voev Argive, and he was covered with brilliant copper.ДЇirst of all, I put leggings on powerful legs,Д¬urvy, silver koi tightly meshed nagleznoy.ДЄfter the round the hero Perseus wore the famous armor, Shouting loudly and Atreus, girding exciting to wrestle This is how Homer described the vestments arms of King Agamemnon in Book XI of the poem: Military equipment (Panoplia), in which the heroes of 'The Iliad' wore to the fight consisted of bronze armor (ОёП‰ПЃОµП‚), a helmet with a high crest (ОєПЊПЃП…П‚, ОєП…ОЅОО·), greaves (ОєОЅООјО№П‚) and shield (О¬ПѓПЂО№П‚, ПѓО¬ОєОїП‚). These changes in military most significant effect on protective equipment and weapons goplitov. Teamwork and mutual assistance in the general system replaces individual skill and valor. Reduced the value of throwing the fight, as both sides tried to fit in as much as possible rather in the melee. Hoplites began to be used to build closer than it has been decided before. Hoplite phalanx: the tactics and weapons Content:ДЄppearance on the field of battle phalanx led to several major changes in tactics.

Hoplite shield construction