In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself, unless his father was killed in battle. Then he was given his father's equipment.
in "Arms and Armor of the Greeks" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998) wrote that such helmets were used by warriors from many other ancient Greek city-states, including Sparta. The object is "a ...
Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from the wealthy middling ranks of society, particularly the farmers. They wore bronze armor breastplates ...
In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself, unless his father was killed in battle. Then he was given his father's equipment.