Hoplite - Citizen soldier (Ancient Greece)
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2019
- Greek Hoplites were heavy infantry soldiers, citizen-soldiers who equipped themselves when called to fight for the poleis or city-state.
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Greek Hoplite vs Persian Warrior: 499-479 BC
By Chris McNab
Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare
By Iain Spence
Spartan Warrior 735-331 BC
By Duncan B Campbell
Athenian Democracy at War
By David M. Pritchard
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
edited by Peter Connolly, John Gillingham, John Lazenby
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Athenian: How many of you are hoplites?
Spartan: Yes
*SPARTAAAANS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?!*
*AHUU ! AHUU !*
@@pewpewman._.3415 god I love that scene, wish they still made movies with -bravery, courage, and camaraderie- toxic masculinity.
@@Y.M... *you see old friend I brought more men than you*
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“I played Assassin Creed oddessy so I’m clearly a Greek historian”
-This entire comment section
Never played it is it any good??
Nope just a history nerd
@@GreenOlive54 it's okay, grindy
Nah I think some people know a lot of the game is historical fiction
Never played Assassin's Creed. I just read books and articles.
"Greeks don't fight like heroes, heroes fight like Greeks."
-Winston Churchill
Jean Arri Llagas I can hear that comment
ΖΉΤΩ ΤΟ ΈΘΝΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΉΝΩΝ 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
ΖΗΤΩ......
@Revolutionary Communist your name makes your opinion invalid
@@micha0585 how does it exactly? I mean everyone should be able to voice their opinion.
The virgin barbarian vs the Chad hoplite.
*Laughing in Slav*
Virgin hoplite vs the Chad Legionary
Virgin legionary vs Chad barbarian
Virgin barbarian vs Chad knight
Roman Swag
The symbol on the shield of the Spartans is not an inverted V,it´s the greek letter '' λαμδα'' (spelled ''lamda'') which is basically the letter ''L'' and stands for ''Lakedaimon'' which is what the Spartans called themselfs and the name of their homeland ''Lakedaimonia'' .The official name of the area of the Southeast of Peloponysus is even today ''Lakedaimonia''.
Also ''οπλιτης'' (''hoplite'') means literally: '' he who bears arms/weapons''.
Half Life? Lol
He probably just said inverted v because that's how we see it. Not that it's literally meant to be an upside down v
Since the root world "hoplon" meant "arms", would you say that "hoplites" could be transliterated as "men-at-arms"? After all, the idea of professional soldiers and militias, pre-dates the Late Middle Ages Men-At-Arms.
@@GrimSoldat Yup,that works also as a translation.
Keep in mind,with the exception of the Spartans,the hoplites were not professional soldiers but "citizen-soldiers",specially in Athens.It was your duty as citizen,to know to fight and be able to do so,when your city needed it.They would go on with their various professions and only take up arms during wartime.
Same concept that the Romans had,before turning their legions into a professional army.
@@doublep1980 wait what is the differences of Lakedaimonia and Lakonia ?
Being Greek: I'm Something of a Οπλίτης Myself.
I managed to read that, my ancient greek teacher would be proud lol
sorry i dont speak in debts
@@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 Well this is modern Greek but surely your teacher should be proud.
@@petrosvanger προσπαθούσα να βρω την ελληνική σημασία της λέξης και μετα είδα το σχόλιο σου, thx! Αnd yes im Greek.
Count Noctilus some ancient Greek words are almost same with the current Greek ones soo understanding a single word isnt an achievement but I commend you for at least getting what the word was
A little correction:
The sacred band of Thebes was made up of 150 pairs of men, who fought in unison, so it was actually ~300 men
They were also homosexual.
@@AlienDark12 hence the "pairs"
NNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDD
@Ricardo VS thats a hard no
@@AlienDark12 Very
It takes a strong man to call himself a Tool.
I see you in alot of comment sections
@@Void_tear3123 what are you talking about, he lives inside youtube
In reality the (hopla -όπλα) means weapon not tool so you can understand the diffrence
Also the name of the shield that the hoplites were using back then (argolikon hoplon).
Tree Kid wouldn’t that make him GAAAYYYY
Talking about the Hoplites made me remember something. Could you do an episode on the Roman Axillary corps?
Hey there
@@Crispy_pata impossible. How many of us are there?
@williejames huff And who are you? I second that btw OP
You more then earned your sponsorships
thank you !
I agree
How is this 2 weeks ago?
@@Simplehistory Can you please do video on the Thracian rhomphaia please.
How was this made two weeks ago?
“Some” suggestions for future videos about antiquity:
UNIT TYPES
- Alexander the greats companion cavalry
- Roman legionaries (time of the empire)
- Roman citizen soldiers during the punic wars (hastati, principes, triarii
- slingers of antiquity
- War elephants
BATTLES
- Battle of Cannae
- Battle of kynoskephalai
- Battle of Gaugamela
- Battle of leuctra
- Siege of Alesia
- Siege of Tyre
- Battle of Pharsalus
- Siege of Alexandria (by caesar)
TACTICS
- Phalanx (in this video)
- Manipular and Imperial legion
- The Triplex acies
- Siege warfare
- Hammer and Anvil
- Phalanx vs phalanx
EVENTS / WARS
- The punic wars
- The persian wars
- Alexander the Great
- The Roman civil war (caesar)
- Roman Republic
- Christianity in Rome
- how Rome became an Empire
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What about the pehzetairoi for philip the 2nd?
you should add Roman Civil War (Sulla vs Marius) (Octavius vs Marcus Antonius), Serville War, Social War
I think that Kings and Generals covered some of the unit types, and some of the battles and campaigns listed. Give them a look.
Historia Civilis is wrapping up his series on Caesar. Never been more attached to a red square. He also does specials on some of the nuances and specifics of Roman society. He covers other ancient history as well, so he's a pretty good source.
Invicta is another channel that tends to go into specifics on units and societies.
Those are just some of the ones that I follow and recommend. Hope these help.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher yeah those are good channel explaining ancient history, but if simple history can make videos about ancient history, there will be people who will be interested in ancient history. Idk because people always see a video about modern military history and rarely see a video about ancient history like me
“Bye honey, going to work!!”
Sigh. “Thats what they all say.”
Looks at pictures of the past 17 husbands.
Another KIA (Killed in action) in the bag.
" BETTER A HOPLITE THAN A FLORIST ! "
Clash of Clans reference?
Clash-o-rama reference.
@@CHEF-55457 CoC Is there a scane like this ?!
The inverted "V" is a Lamda, a greek "L", standing for "Lakedaimon", the region where Sparta was founded.
That is correct
i laugh so hard on stupid hellenic falsw greek who believe in their false history 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That “inverted V” is lamda Λ
@hurricane watcher Ωmega
"Inverted V" no, that's a lambda.
There seems to be several mistakes in this episode. . .
We need a remastered or remake of this video with longer lenght of time.
The lamda stood for Laconia, the region where Sparta is located.
@@je4270 I know
Antonius Britannia ZYPHOS 🤦🏻♂️
4:29 *When the hoplite flute player is playing some fire beats the army gets a win*
You: Volksstrum
The guy she tells you to not worry about: Hoplites
“Ach schieße, here ve go again”
There all getting slaughtered on the battlefield
Has it been 90 days yet?
@@deadlockraven1849 day 89.. TurtleMan8365 killed 3 google employees.
@Arminius I like your name though
All nice but seriously the "spartan inverted v"?!?
The Λ is a lambda the greek L, Sparta wasn't called in this way in ancient times the city was known as λακεδαιμονία [Lakedaemonia].
I thought it was always called Sparta and the land around it Lakedaemonia?
Sparta ia the capital of Lakedaemonia.
@@vincentmalab3289 No, the region around sparta is called Λακωνία [Lakonía], it is true that Sparta was the name of the city but the ancient toponym was λακεδαιμονία [Lakedaemonia]. if you take for exemple the first book of the peloponnisian war you wil find that Σπάρτη (Sparta in Attic and modern Greek) is present only 6 times, the more predominant because the citizens of sparta were still called Λακεδαιμόνιοι [lakedaemonioi] because the term Spartiatoi meant something different from just a citizen of Sparta, the Spartiatoi where the only class in the city-state to have full rights and citizenship were as a matter of fact the aristocracy of the state (the famous 300 that fought at the Thermopylae )
@@litenantjv its spartiates not spartiatoi
Me: *[trying to sleep]*
My brain: "Yo, I see you are not sleeping..."
Me: "What now?"
My brain: "Do you remember an old Greek video you used to watch about 10 years ago?"
Me: "I need to sleep. This is madness."
My brain: "Madness..."
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My brain: *THIS. IS. SPARTAAAAA!*
You sir made me smile
You deserve more likes
Especially for that pfp(sarcasim)
Our arrows shall block out the sun!
Spartans: then we will fight in the shade
And we'll lose this battle. We'll lose epicly but we'll lose
It was a sacrifice to buy time for all greek city states to unite or else Europa wouldn’t be as we know it .
@@dogestranding5047 ?
It's pretty obvious you really know what Herodotus did and was back then.
@@dogestranding5047
found the troll
"Hears sparta"
*Xerxes heavily breathing*
@Gaius Wyrden so Xeres would give people who put up a good fight a honorable death but he was so mad at leonidas he just cut his head off
@Gaius Wyrden yes but the fact that xerses was so enraged and the fact that xerses lost 2k solders and leonidas lost 300
@Gaius Wyrden not 2k 200k
@Gaius Wyrden Xerxes won at the end but Leonidas and his Trops kill mor Trops than Xerxes it does.
I really like that legend, but 300 Sparta kills 200K men is still a ridiculous Number, If its less than 10K its believable still maybe believable.
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*plays tic tac toe*
3:07 No it’s not inverted V. It’s the letter L (Λ λ)
The "inverted v" on sparta's shield is a capital lambda which stands for Λακεδαίμων Lakedaímōn. Which is what the spartan city state was known as back in the day
Enemy army waits in the fields
Hoplites slowly approach from the hills
Enemy: "Why do I hear boss music?"
SABATON- SPARTA!
I love this song
THEN AND AGAIN SING 300 HUNDRED MEN
Rome: Laughs in manipular formation
*laughs in pilum*
Abyssrian's inards turned outward by hoplite
"This is where WE HOLD THEM!.... This is where WE FIGHT!.... And this is where THEY DIE!!"
**Video** : *Exists*
**Assassin's Creed Odyssey's players** : You know, I'm kind of a historian myself
Spartans, what is your profession!? AHOO! AHOO! AHOO!
Hoplites, what is your profession? Farming!
*cough*
Spartans were hoplites.
Spartans had borned oplites
What?
@@hairdryermanson6955 oplites is hoplite in greeks
The inverted v is actually a greek l from lakoni or lakitheminia the wider area of sparta
Λακεδαίμονα / Lacedaimona
Λακεδαιμόνιοι / Lacedaimonians
Fotis St
It’s capital letter lambda.
Λακεδαίμων
Lacedaemon, the capital of Laconia, and Laconia itself.
(We get the English word laconic from this Spartan region for Spartans were known for terse speech)
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0:44 You can say Greek civilization was way ahead of its time since people could live up to 60 years old
Diets and lifestyle was key
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hoplite sounds like a name for a beer brand lol
Well the corinthian helmet is used in a lot of brand logos, so there likely is a beer with it on there :)
Nike, Kappa, Hermès, Oracle, Olympus, Amazon, Orion, Phoenix.. There's tons of companies and even more products with Greek names.
Orange Officer should be a brand
hoplites are Οπλίτες. The name says that they are soldiers and that they are Οπλισμένοι aka ready for action
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I wanna see a video on Switzerland's military. I find it interesting that every man serves but when he leaves the military he keeps his service rifle just in case the country is invaded. I also find it interesting that their government pays for them to come back yearly for a friendly shooting competition to keep their marksmanship skills up.
It might have something to do with their stoic belief in neutrality and the fact that the banks and vaults of Switzerland probably hold most of the worlds money, gold, and or secret things that certain people in history may or may not of smuggled and or bribed officials to hide away.
Great video! I hope you do a series on ancient Greece including regular daily life
I absolutely love your videos simple history, i can't wait for the next video! Keep it up, also grettings from Mexico!!!
Once again, amazing animation, amazing narration!
SPARTANS!!! LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!!!!
PERSIANS!!!! COME AND GET THEM!!!!
:)
Molon Labe
Molon lave
Only that, Spartans said Come And Get them
THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!
Misthios: Hold my broken spear.
misthios means the one that receives payment
@@JackMehoffV It also meant mercenary I think
@@I_Am_ThatGuy indeed, they are the same thing basically
Assassins creed reference?
Amen I've been waiting for this..
I forgot I stoped watching you guys for like 2 weeks so glad watching you guys again probably
Inverted v
Lambda: am I a joke to you?
I used to be a Misthios like you, but then I took a arrow to the knee...
Pikachu, were you really a hoplite?
Hey. You mix potions, right? Can you brew me an ale?
Thank you for doing this vid, i love it
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You: Hop-light
Me, and intellectual: HOP-LIT-AYES
Me, a Greek : O-plee-tees
Great video. It may be worth noting that the "upside down V" is actually the Greek letter lamda, which represented Sparta's alternate name of Lacedaemon.
Yyeeeesssss I have been waiting for this
Hiiiii dudes this vid is already looking dope love your videos
The inverted V is known as Lambda, which signifies the name of Sparta in Greek, which was known as Lacedaemon.
Hello nice video I watch you because I want to be a historian when I grow up thank you for making the videos keep it up
Plz make your videos longer because they are awsome
Nice video. Im obcessed with ancient Greece particularly Athens. Have ao many books on the subject and just cant get enough lol. Subbed.
Very cool :)
You guys are awesome, love the Videos ^^
Band: Flute is quiet.
Ancient Greece: Hold my olive oil.
YES RE MALAKAA HOLD MY OLIVE OIL AND MY SOUVLAKI!!!!
Another Amazing video 😍😍😍😍
keep up the good work
Can you do a video about The Mexican-American War?
Savage
Spartan shield is not V but L as in Lakedaimón, the greek name of Sparta
Nice animation i love ur channel!!!!
3:06 its a "Λ"(lamda) from the word ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΙ ( LAKEDEMONI-I) witch basically meant that you were a lakonian citizen and basically a spartan soldier
Thebes sacred band is actually really romantic/insane. actual lovers fought side by side the idea you will surely cover your love in formation they were rather strong
Yeah. I can't believe they just skipped the gay like it's no big deal... A video about Greeks and they didn't mention the gay lover part XD
It's a Λ (Λάμδα, Lamda) not an inverted V. It's the greek equivalent to the latin "L"
So spartans are L (Loosers) 🤨
Fantastic video. I am gonna use this in my lessons. History teacher here. Thanks
Thanks it’s really helps because I am Learning it in school
suggestion: Sparta’s hierarchy
I want more video s about ancient Greece
That was a fun video❤️
More of this time period please!
Ww2 Greek army next?
The fail of the Greek Pronacuetion makes me want to die.
@Toumperleki Manges Inc ρε μαλάκα είναι κακό όμως :(
@Toumperleki Manges Inc οκ
Awsome video men
I love your vids
Ah nice ancient greece! I would like to see next the fall of byzantine empire!
"Inverted V"....It's called Lambda and it's an "L" that stands for "Lacedaemon" (Sparta)
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Did any of the Ancient Greek kingdoms like Macedon have Hoplites or something different?
CLONE HD well yeah they had a similar unit called pezikarioi they were the heavy infantry. All though the term hoplite is referring to someone who has taken up arms, he who is armed .The shield was called hoplon so we can call hoplites even the warriors of the 1 B. C. E if we take that into consideration. Have a nice day
Maybe you are refering to the macedonian phalanx used most notably by Alexander the great, Alexander's father Phillipos was held hostage in thebes and there observed and studied the holy band wich was at the base of the phalanx. The major difference betwen hoplites and phalanx was the immense long spears
Makedonia used Hypaspits, they used the Aspis instead of the hoplon, that was heavier.
But DONT confuse hypaspists with pezhetairoi, those were pikemen and used an even smaller shield, the pelta.
Υπήρχε η φαλλαγα και στους Μακεδόνες υπήρχε η σάρισα που ήταν ΦΥΣΙΚΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ
@@macedonianhoplite4895 Sorry, i dont speak turk.
Cool video, I had a vocabulary test on Greek terms last Friday xd
Έιμι κελεύω συ να μιλήσομεν αρχαία ελληνικά
thank you, awesome
Great vid
Darius: If I am victorious, I WILL make you pay dearly for the insult you inflicted on me and my gods at Sardis.
Athens: *IF.*
Could you cover the story of Patrice Lumumba and the alleged conspiracy by Belgium and the CIA?
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Ancient Greece is always nice workout motivation. Knowing next year I’d have to permanently be in a military would really increase how hard/fast I workout
I dont see a lot of greek comments yet. Lets fix that
Πάμε ρε ελλαδαρα!
ΠΆΜΕ ΡΕ ΠΑΤΡΊΔΑ
The Sacred Band, created by Gogitas, was 300 hpolites not 150.
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Man, Simple History is so addictive, I can't stop watching once I click on a video.
Do something on the Spartans
Don't forget about the Macedonians!
I’m hoping for something about the Mongolians as well
@@chickenwon1159 and Spartacus?
Impressive soldiers 🇬🇷
fake soldiers 😂i laughed so hard on stupid fake hellenic who belive i fake grrek propaganda
eyyyy a hoplite vid keep it up
Nice video
Name sounds like "Hop light" and they were heavy infantry, such a misleading name tbh
hoplite translates to soldier. I don't know why they don't, just, translate it
Το χιούμορ σου είσαι για τον ΠΟΥΤΣΟ
Wasn't the sacred band of Thebes all male lovers? With the logic being that they'd fight better and harder to protect their loved ones?
The_Nuke Yes.
Being gay doesn't mean you can't be badass you know.
@@geantvertnounours I never said that, I just wasn't sure if this was the same unit I heard about a while back.
👍🏿 it’s nice to see difference times in history
"Inverted V"
You mean Lambda?
It's stands for Λακεδαιμονια, that's how Spartans referred to them selves as. Athenians gave them the name Spartans after their downfall
Yes