| They were armed with the sarissa, a long spear but at 13 feet actually shorter than the hasta used by Greek hoplites, which was over 16 feet long. |
| These hoplites is declined in alternatives thickness, ornamentation, of very variable sizes. |
| But the oarsmen could not moult themselves in hoplites to be able to be opposed to the Macédonian phalanx: at the time of the final combat, the fleet remained unemployed. |
| Heavy Infantry-A Type that includes hoplites and hypaspists. |
| He was at first spectacularly unsuccessful in some ambitious campaigning, perhaps not sanctioned by the Assembly at all, in Aetolia, where his hoplites were nearly helpless against the light-armed tactics of the locals. |
| Metal helmets were worn by hoplites, the foot soldiers of ancient Greece, and elsewhere in eastern Mediterranean civilizations. |
