Chapter
Transition in Combat Styles
The period during which the Greeks transitioned from the old style of fighting to the new phalanx style is discussed, particularly the Persian War where the Greeks had no cavalry at all and their intensive fighting methods were still being developed.
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Themistocles has an army of combined Greek hoplites from a number of different city-states heading on up toward the area where Thebes is to have it out with the spider who's sitting up in the web up there just waiting for him.
1:47:44 - 1:51:18 (03:33)
Summary
Themistocles has an army of combined Greek hoplites from a number of different city-states heading on up toward the area where Thebes is to have it out with the spider who's sitting up in the web up there just waiting for him.
ChapterTransition in Combat Styles
EpisodeShow 58 - Kings of Kings III
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
Summary
The Greeks had no cavalry at all.