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Term for a Macedonian-style phalanx
Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, presumably from the defeated chalkaspides. The term Chalkaspides is found in other Hellenistic armies, as well. The historian
Chalkaspides
4th-1st century BCE army
surviving sentence says that 20,000 "Macedonians" were at the parade, 5,000 chalkaspides ('Bronze-Shields'), and agryaspides ('Silver-Shields'). The best guess
Seleucid_army
Army of Macedon under the Antigonids
divided into two separate corps, the Chalkaspides ("bronze-shields") and Leukaspides ("white-shields"). The Chalkaspides were probably more prepared for prolonged
Antigonid_Macedonian_army
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
000 men. They fought alongside the phalanx pikemen, divided now into chalkaspides (bronze shield) and leukaspides (white shield) regiments. The Antigonid
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Unit of the Antigonid Macedonian army
single group of chalkaspides. Regardless of what the "White Shields" referred to, them being a less prestigious supplement to the chalkaspides is implied by
Leukaspides
Type of infantry soldier
gave the city bronze shields to form a contingent of epilektoi armed as chalkaspides ('Bronze-Shields'). By the end of the 3rd century BC the thyreophoros
Thyreophoroi
281 BC–62 AD kingdom in northern Anatolia
army of Pontus adopted the Macedonian phalanx; it fielded a corps of Chalkaspides ('bronze-shields'), for example against Sulla at the Battle of Chaeronea
Kingdom_of_Pontus
Ancient Hellenic variety
turtle-eater) ἀργυρὰσπιδες argyraspides (wiki Argyraspides) chrysaspides and chalkaspides (golden and bronze-shielded) δράμις dramis a Macedonian bread (Thessalian
Ancient_Macedonian_language
Army of Philip II and Alexander the Great
been of Asian origin. However, in regards to both the argyraspides and chalkaspides ('bronze shields'), Malcolm Errington asserts that "these titles were
Ancient_Macedonian_army
Armies of the Hellenistic kingdoms
used terms such as Chrysaspides (Greeks: Χρυσάσπιδες 'gold-shields'), Chalkaspides ('bronze-shields') and Leukaspides ('white-shields') to denote formations
Hellenistic_armies
Political history topic
fought alongside the phalanx pikemen, divided now into 'bronze shield' (chalkaspides) and 'white shield' (leukaspides) regiments, up until the very end of
Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Government_of_Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
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