| 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. |
| After the Theban refusal to sign the peace agreement of 371, Cleombrotus, who was in Phocis with about 10,000 Spartan and allied hoplites and 1,000 cavalry, was ordered to invade Boeotia and attack Thebes. |
| These hoplites is declined in alternatives thickness, ornamentation, of very variable sizes. |
| Philip deliberately commanded his troops to retreat, counting on the untested Athenian hoplites to follow, thus breaking their line. |
| The opposite appearing specimen of hoplites presents an anomaly on last rolling up. |
| Metal helmets were worn by hoplites, the foot soldiers of ancient Greece, and elsewhere in eastern Mediterranean civilizations. |
