Showing posts with label Greek Weapons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek Weapons. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Index card 23

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/weapons.html

Persians used many weapons that originaly came from greek or egyptian design. The akinakes were short swords and kopises were axes.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Index Card 8

http://www.factsmonk.com/ancient_greek_weapons

Ancient greeks used a long spear as their main weapon. These varied in length from 6 to 8 feet. The spear shaft was made of ash, and since they were easily breakable, they had a bronze cap on one end which was used as a club. The typical greek soldier wore about 65lbs of armour with a breast plate, round shield, and greaves. The balista was the first crossbow and was used as a seige engine.

Index Card 7

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/war/Armor.htm

This site describes the layout, of the greek army; its weapons, its armour. Greek soldiers carried a large round shield, a long spear, and a short sword used as a secondary weapon.