Definition of Thorakitai. Meaning of Thorakitai. Synonyms of Thorakitai

- The thorakitai (Gr****: θωρακίται; sg.: θωρακίτης, thorakites) were a type of soldier in ****enistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. The literal translation...
- Thureophoroi or Thorakitai, troops armed with an oval shield of the Celtic type, a thrusting spear and javelins. The Thureophoroi and Thorakitai pre-date any...
- Peltast – a light infantryman using a lighter pelte shield Thyreophoroi and thorakitai – medium infantrymen using thyreos shields Cartwright, Mark. "Hoplite"...
- cuir****/breastplate Linothorax, Ancient Gr**** armour composed of linen Thorakitai, ****enistic soldiers equipped with mail Thorax (****roach), a genus of...
- Creed Odyssey, where they serve as elite soldiers in the Ptolemaic Army. Thorakitai Thyreophora Also thyreaphoros: θυρεαφόρος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott...
- nations began to field two new types of hoplites, the Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai. They developed when Gr****s adopted the Galatian Thureos shield, of an...
- Fresco of an ancient Makedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC...
- adoption of new weapons and troop types such as Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai who used the oval Thureos shield and fought with javelins and the machaira...
- up of peltasts had defeated a force of hoplites. The thureophoroi and thorakitai, who gradually replaced the peltasts, carried javelins in addition to...
- musicians providing entertainment. Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC...