Dimitrios Katsikis, dubbed "the modern day Hephaestus", is an Athens-based Greek armorer reviving the past with his ...

The Spartan hoplites organized themselves into a tight ... In previous centuries Greek warriors had worn very thick, heavy armor, much of which, by the classical period, had been largely dispensed ...

Hoplite infantrymen ... the close combat favored by Greek armies. During the 5th century BC, swords became increasing shorter as tactics changed in favor of less armor, increased agility, and ...

Ionian Greek conscripts, drafted into the Persian ... the Athenians advanced 'at the double', running in their heavy hoplite armor against Persian bowmen, whose arrows became increasingly ...