This remarkable Corinthian-style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly discovered in 1834 with a human skull still inside.

Alexander the Great's vast empire was built upon his keen and continuously changing battle tactics, which depended on the enemy and terrain.

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The Chigi olpe is considered to be the earliest known representation of hoplite phalanxes. Credit: ArchaiOptix / Wikimedia Commons The upper register, painted in black, white, and two shades of brown ...

It is like the Roman phalanx formation — we need to be in lockstep, each protecting the other, or we will have no chance of beating back the superior numbers of our enemy. And yet, while facing ...

There was nowhere to go. Myles Garrett took credit for the sack, but it was an avalanche of pass rushers who took him down in a phalanx formation. That loss of yardage turned a 50-yard kick into a ...

Alexander’s ability to inspire his troops and his innovative use of phalanx formations and cavalry charges made him a formidable force on the battlefield. Genghis Khan, born Temujin in 1162 ...

Usage: Worn by Greek hoplites from the 7th to the 4th century BC, the Corinthian helmet was primarily used in the phalanx formation, where tightly packed soldiers locked shields and fought as a unit.

a heavily armed foot soldier that fought in the close phalanx formation. Practicing maneuvers in heavy armor would have developed his strength and agility. The pyrrhike war dance, so ancient as to ...