-
Macedon to use it for an
elite military unit. This unit,
known as the
Hypaspistai, or hypaspists, was
probably armed in the
hoplite manner, with a large...
- The most
elite members of Alexander's
hypaspistai were
designated as the agema, and a new term for
hypaspistai emerged after the
Battle of
Gaugamela in...
- infantry, the most
elite members of his
hypaspistai were
designated as the agema, yet a new term for
hypaspistai emerged after the
Battle of
Gaugamela in...
-
corps in the
Macedonian army: the "Shield-bearers" (Gr****: Ὑπασπισταί,
Hypaspistai),
later known as the "Silvershields" (Ἀργυράσπιδες, Argyraspides). After...
-
centuries BC.
While serving under Alexander,
Seleucus was
commander of the
Hypaspistai, an
elite Macedonian infantry unit.
After the
death of
Alexander in June...
- in his army,
which included regular forced marches. The
Hypaspists (
Hypaspistai) were the
elite arm of the
Macedonian infantry. The word 'hypaspists'...
-
numbered eight men at the end of
Alexander the Great's reign,
while the
hypaspistai seem to have
morphed into ****istants of the
somatophylakes rather than...
-
depended on the
wealth of the employer.
Their rank and file were
called hypaspistai, or shield-bearers, and
their officers,
doryphoroi or spear-bearers....
- not
trust the Arab king, and sent 1,200
Roman regulars,
mostly his own
hypaspistai, to
accompany the
raiding part. The
raiders received information from...
