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called a "
pelte" (Ancient Gr**** πέλτη,
peltē; Latin: pelta) as
their main protection,
hence their name.
According to Aristotle, the
pelte was rimless...
- A
pelte is a
light shield used by
ancient Gr**** peltasts.
Pelte may also
refer to : Peltae, an
ancient city and
Catholic titular see
Pelte, a
sweet made...
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Achaemenid Empire when
Cyrus II
annexed Lydia. The
Bithyni used the
round peltē shield in warfare.
Mihailov 1991, p. 597.
Mihailov 1991, p. 605.
Danov 1976...
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appears on the
cover of
French p****ports. The
emblem consists of: A wide
pelte shield with, on the one end, a lion-head and, on the
other end, an eagle-head...
- javelins[permanent dead link]
Picture of a
Thracian Peltast with one
javelin in his
throwing hand and four
javelins in his
Pelte hand as
additional ammunition...
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equipment of the
peltasts or light-armed
mercenaries (named for
their small pelte shield) as to his
military successes.
Historians have
debated about just...
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pages with
titles beginning with Pelt All
pages with
titles containing Pelt
Pelte (disambiguation) Van Pelt, a
surname This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
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armed with a
short Gr**** bow and a
short sword. They
carried a
little pelte (or pelta) (πέλτη) shield.
Hippotoxotai (ἱπποτοξόται) were
mounted archers...
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shield used by the
Romans Peltast – a
light infantryman using a
lighter pelte shield Thyreophoroi and
thorakitai –
medium infantrymen using thyreos shields...
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Peltophorum literally means "shield-bearing": from Gr**** pelt(ē) (πέλτη, "
peltē shield"), with the
interfix -o-, -phor(os) ("bearing") and Neo-Latin suffix...
