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[[File:ACOD - Spartan hopelite render.png|thumb|150px|A Spartan ''hoplite'']] | [[File:ACOD - Spartan hopelite render.png|thumb|150px|A Spartan ''hoplite'']] | ||
'''Hoplites''' were citizen-soldiers in the [[Greece|ancient Greek world]]. | '''Hoplites''' were citizen-soldiers of the [[Spartan army]] in the [[Greece|ancient Greek world]]. | ||
Usually armed with a [[spear]] and a [[shield]], the Hoplites were not professional soldiers, but free citizens of the ''[[Polis|poleis]]''. They were considered the backbone of armies like [[Athens]]'. Unlike in Athens, in [[Sparta]] even 'non-citizens' like the ''[[perioikoi]]'' and the ''[[helot]]s'' could gain the rank of a hoplite.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | Usually armed with a [[spear]] and a [[shield]], the Hoplites were not professional soldiers, but free citizens of the ''[[Polis|poleis]]''. They were considered the backbone of armies like [[Athens]]'. Unlike in Athens, in [[Sparta]] even 'non-citizens' like the ''[[perioikoi]]'' and the ''[[helot]]s'' could gain the rank of a hoplite.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
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Hoplites were citizen-soldiers of the Spartan army in the ancient Greek world.
Usually armed with a spear and a shield, the Hoplites were not professional soldiers, but free citizens of the poleis. They were considered the backbone of armies like Athens'. Unlike in Athens, in Sparta even 'non-citizens' like the perioikoi and the helots could gain the rank of a hoplite.[1]