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Peltae (Peltæ) or
Peltai (Ancient Gr****: Πέλται) was a city and
bishopric of
ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor,
which remains a
Catholic titular see. Peltae...
- A
Thracian warrior with a crescent-shaped peltē shield. The
Bithyni used
round peltai....
- (flying wedge)
cavalry formation of the Scythians. His
infantry wielded peltai shields that
replaced the
earlier aspis-style shields, were
equipped with...
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farmers into a well-trained
fighting force.
Philip II's
infantry wielded peltai shields that
already diverged from the
aspis style shield featured in sculpted...
- An
inscription in the
Lindian Temple Chronicle records a gift of "ten
peltai, ten sarisai, and ten helmets"
dedicated to King
Philip V of Macedon, suggesting...
- crescent-shaped, however, by the time of
Macedonian greatness many
depictions of
peltai show them as
being oval or round. The
Macedonians had
developed their siege...
-
Arcadicis (Bratislava 1879) p. 23 n. 5, on the
strength of Xen. 1. 2. 10 (at
Peltai) and
Walter Immerwahr, Die
Kulte und
Mythen Arkadiens (Leipzig 1891) pp...
- BC an
inscription from
Antandrus tells us that the city sent
judges to
Peltai in
Phrygia to
arbitrate a dispute. From c. 440 - c. 284 BC,
Antandrus had...
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Doson were the peltasts,
lighter and more
maneuverable soldiers wielding peltai javelins, swords, and a
smaller bronze shield than
Macedonian phalanx pikemen...
