Military of ancient Greece

The military history of ancient Greece is the history of the wars and battles of the Greek people in Greece, the Balkans and the Greek colonies in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea prior to 400 AD. Greek warriors: Hoplites, taking their name from the word 'Hoplon' meaning their complete military kit. 'Hoplite' can be translated as 'man-at-arms'. Ancient Greece developed a military formation called the phalanx, which were rows of shoulder-to-shoulder hoplites armed with spears that were pointed at the enemy, so that enemies would be facing rows of spears and shields. The phalanx was the main part of ancient Greek military. Because the hoplites were all protected by their own shield and others’ shields and spears, they were relatively safe as long as they didn’t scatter. In a phalanx, the first two rows’ spear would point forward, then as you go to the back, the spears’ will be raised more and more. Alexander’s army had spears called sarissa that was 18 feet long, which was better than the original spears called doru that were 7-9 feet long. Hoplite armor was extremely expensive, and was passed down a family. The secondary weapons of hoplites were xiphos, short swords used when their spear was broken or lost while fighting. There was also light infantry, javelin throwers (peltasts), and cavalry used in skirmishes. Greece military may have slingers or archers, too.

Prehistoric and Ancient period

 * Trojan War
 * Lelantine War
 * Messenian Wars
 * First Sacred War
 * Persian Wars
 * Battle of Ephesus (498 BC)
 * Battle of Lade
 * Battle of Marathon
 * Battle of Thermopylae
 * Battle of Salamis
 * Battle of Plataea
 * Battle of Mycale
 * Battle of the Eurymedon
 * First Peloponnesian War
 * Battle of Oenophyta
 * Battle of Coronea
 * Battle of Tanagra (457 BC)
 * Sicilian Wars
 * Battle of Himera (480 BC)
 * Battle of Himera (409 BC)
 * Peloponnesian War
 * Battle of Arginusae
 * Battle of Delium
 * Battle of Chalcis
 * Battle of Sybota
 * Battle of Potidaea
 * Battle of Naupactus (429 BC)
 * Battle of Notium
 * Battle of Syme
 * Battle of Cynossema
 * Battle of Pylos
 * Battle of Sphacteria
 * Battle of Amphipolis
 * Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)
 * Battle of Olpae
 * Sicilian Expedition
 * Battle of Syme
 * Battle of Cyzicus
 * Battle of Aegospotami
 * Corinthian War
 * Battle of Coronea
 * Battle of Naxos
 * Corinthian War
 * Battle of Leuctra
 * Battle of Cynoscephalae
 * Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)
 * March of the 10,000
 * Battle of Cunaxa
 * Battle of Crocus Field
 * Foreign War
 * Wars of Alexander the Great
 * Battle of Chaeronea
 * Battle of the Granicus
 * Battle of Issus
 * Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
 * Battle of Gaugamela
 * Battle of the Hydaspes River
 * Lamian War
 * Battle of Crannon
 * Wars of the Diadochi
 * Battle of Corupedium
 * Battle of Crannon
 * Battle of Gabiene
 * Battle of Gaza (312 BC)
 * Battle of Ipsus
 * Battle of Paraitacene
 * Battle of Raphia
 * Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)
 * Chremonidean War
 * Battle of Sellasia
 * Battle of Pydna
 * Battle of Cynoscephalae
 * Battle of Asculum
 * Cretan War
 * First Macedonian War
 * Second Macedonian War
 * Third Macedonian War
 * Fourth Macedonian War
 * Battle of Pydna

Ancient & Roman fortifications

 * Long Walls
 * Isthmus Wall
 * Phocian Wall

Alliances

 * Achaean League
 * League of Corinth
 * Delian League
 * Peloponnesian League
 * Aetolian League
 * Pan-Hellenic League
 * Knossos League
 * Gortyn League
 * Mountain League
 * Phaistos League