HERODOTUS, BODY ARMOUR AND ACHAEMENID INFANTRY
Herodotus' assertion in Book 9 of his Histories that Persian infantry were unarmoured at the battle of Plataea (479 B. C.) should not be interpreted as meaning that Achaemenid infantry were never equipped with defensive armour. In fact, a close inspection of the Histories, together with other s...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. - Franz Steiner Verlag, 1950. - 61(2012), 3, Seite 257-269 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte |
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