5 sentences with 'hoplites'
Example sentences and phrases with the word hoplites and other words derived from it.
• « Because they defended the polis and proved to be extremely effective on the battlefield, hoplites continued to demand better political representation, something that would have a great impact on Greek politics as a whole. »
• « The most notable military innovation represented by the hoplites was that their form of organisation provided a solution to the age-old problem of how to pay highly trained and motivated soldiers: instead of a state paying for a standing army, the hoplites paid themselves and were motivated by civic virtue. »
• « In the 7th century BC, hoplites in many polis clamoured for better political representation, as traditional aristocrats excluded them from meaningful political power. »
• « There were around 25,000 Persian troops - this was an 'expeditionary force', not a large army, against which the Athenians deployed 10,000 hoplites. »
• « Thus, between 405 BC and 338 BC, the old order of hoplites and republics atrophied, being replaced by oligarchic councils or tyrants in the stronger polis and states, supported by taxation. »