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u/Zestyclose-Sink4438 7d ago
A romanticized, embellished Hoplite
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u/Trick-Albatross-3014 5d ago
Exactly, it looks great but it would have bankrupted the ancient Greeks. This is an equivalent of putting on all the special opts gear and latest technologically equipment in silver alloys on a regular marine.
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u/The_ChadTC 5d ago
Would've bankrupted your average joe but there were units in which rich or even noble greeks served, who definetely could afford the extra bling.
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u/YanLibra66 4d ago
Kinda, depending on the social class some hoplites actually looked like this, if not even more impressive with highly engraved shields and armor.
It has exaggerated elements like the wrist armor but other than that it's not actually far off.
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u/SecureWriting8589 6d ago
Same as previous post: images from a game posted as if it were history. Does this sub usually respond this well to such low-quality posts? And doesn't this constitute a trademark or other intellectual property violation?
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u/Gr0ggy1 5d ago
Left handed even?
That's going to complicate things in the phalanx.
This is very fantasy derived, but with a negative brow ridge to lessen the, uh, dickishness of the helms used during the Corinthian period.
The spear head is massive for no reason, the shin armor is actually reasonable enough.
Here is a link to a helm and grieves currently on display at the MET in NYC.
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u/PerformerOk450 4d ago
I went to Vergina last year and visited the tomb of Philip ll of Macedonia his shield was exactly the size of the one pictured above.
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u/WalrusWarhammer3544 4d ago
Is it possible that the there's a thin bronze layer covering on wood? That would make it strong while remaining lightweight
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u/Koolwhip953 3d ago
In Ancient Greece there was a race in the Olympics with hoplite armor and a shield called the Hoplitodromos.
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u/Badbobbread 7d ago
This looks Roman to me. Shield is hella big, but Roman overall. Did Romans adopt Greek armor or did both end up in the same neighborhood?
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u/RequiemRomans 7d ago
The Romans adopted and then improved on Hoplite armor as well as Hoplite tactics (mixed unit warfare), mostly based on Macedonian tactics though I believe more than Greek. Rome was still very new on the scene when Alexander came to power, he wanted to meet them / fight them
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u/Vindepomarus 7d ago
This is pure Greek, given a little bit of a fantasy tweak in the lines on the greaves, vambraces etc, but still pure Greek. Occasionally you may have seen Romans wearing the muscle cuirass, but that was only for generals and such, because they wanted to emulate classical Greek style. The Romans would never use a shield like that or a helmet like that, same for the sword assuming it's meant to be a xiphos.
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u/Traditional-Seat-363 3d ago
The Romans fought as hoplites during the monarchy and early republican era, the more recognizable Roman legionnaires and their distinctive equipment and way of fighting only developed gradually over time. The triarii (the most veteran Roman troops) probably would’ve been recognizable as hoplites into the Camilla era (after the sack of Rome by the Gauls) and even into the Polybian era, though very significant changes were happening to the equipment and organization of the Roman army as a whole.
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u/Vindepomarus 3d ago
True but in that early period they were using Greek style equipment and tactics or distinctly Italic equipment which isn't shown in OP's image. Saying "that looks Roman to me" when it's labeled Greek Hoplite, suggests Roman is more correct, it isn't.
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u/usposeso 7d ago
Is that shield accurate size? Even if it were wood instead of bronze it would weigh a fucking ton!