013 Hoplite Warfare

In this episode, we discuss the revolutionary changes in warfare that took place in the 8th and 7th centuries BC that were strictly Greek and reflect the abstract nature of the polis; the cult of the bloodlust god, Ares; and the Lelantine War, the first large-scale war on the Greek record after the mythical Trojan War and the first instance in which these military changes were employed

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2016/07/013-hoplite-warfare.html