490 BC Ancient Military Weapon Spartan Greek Fight Battle Dagger Hoplite Warrior For Sale

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Spartais one of the most famous city-states, along with Athens, which had a unique position in ancient Greece. Contrary to other city states, the free citizens of Sparta served as hoplites their entire lives, training and exercising in peacetime, which gave Sparta a professional standing army. Often small, numbering around 6000 at its peak to no more than 1000 soldiers at lowest point, divided into six mora or battalion. The Spartan army was feared for its discipline and ferocity, and was considered the best at the othismos. Military service was the primary duty of Spartan men, and Spartan society was organized around its army. Military service for hoplites lasted until the age of 40, and sometimes until 60 years of age, depending on a man's physical ability to perform on the battlefield.

Hoplites : ( Spartan warrior ) : (/ˈhɒplaɪts/HOP-lytes) (Ancient Greek: ὁπλῖται, romanized: hoplîtai [hoplîːtai̯]) werecitizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed withspears and shields. Hoplite soldiers used the phalanx formation to be effectivein war with fewer soldiers. The formation discouraged the soldiers from actingalone, for this would compromise the formation and minimize its strengths. Thehoplites were primarily represented by free citizens – propertied farmers andartisans – who were able to afford a linen or bronze armour suit and weapons(estimated at a third to a half of its able-bodied adult male population). Somestates maintained a small elite professional unit, known as the epilektoi orlogades ('the chosen') because they were picked from the regular citizeninfantry. These existed at times in Athens, Sparta, Argos, Thebes, andSyracuse, among other places. Hoplite soldiers made up the bulk of ancientGreek armies. In the 8th century BC, Greek armies started to adopt the phalanxformation. The formation proved successful in defeating the Persians whenemployed by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC during the FirstGreco-Persian War. The Persian archers and light troops who fought in the Battleof Marathon failed because their bows were too weak for their arrows topenetrate the wall of Greek shields of the phalanx formation. The phalanx wasalso employed by the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC and at theBattle of Plataea in 479 BC during the Second Greco-Persian War. The wordhoplite (Greek: ὁπλίτης hoplítēs; pl. ὁπλῖται hoplĩtai) derives from hoplon(ὅπλον : hóplon; plural hópla ὅπλα), referring to the hoplite's equipment. Inthe modern Hellenic Army, the word hoplite (Greek: oπλίτης : oplítîs) is usedto refer to an infantryman.

Sparta was a prominentcity-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the state was known asLacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn), while "Sparta" referred to itscapital, a group of villages in the valley of the Evrotas River in Laconia, insoutheastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become one of the majormilitary powers in Greece, a status it retained until 371 BC.Sparta was recognized as the leadingforce of the unified Greek military during the Greco-Persian Wars, in rivalry with the rising naval power ofAthens. Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War(431–404 BC), from which it emerged victorious after the Battle of Aegospotami.Thebes' victory over Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Spartanhegemony and freed Messenia from Spartan rule; the loss of the slave labor thisregion provided sent the city into terminal decline as a military power, thoughit retained its independence until its forcible integration into the AchaeanLeague in 192 BC. The city recovered some autonomy after the Roman conquest ofGreece in 146 BC and became a tourist destination during the Roman era,restoring some measure of prosperity. However, Sparta was sacked in 396 AD bythe Visigothic king Alaric, and underwent a long period of decline into themedieval period, when much of its population relocated to Mystras. ModernSparta is a provincial town and the seat of the Laconia regionaladministration.Sparta wasunique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which were supposedly introduced by thesemi-mythical lawgiver Lycurgus. Spartan society was exceptionally militarized,focusing the entire attention of the Spartiate class on military training andphysical development to the point of legally barring them from productiveeconomic activity. The inhabitants of Sparta were rigidly stratified intoSpartiates (citizens with full rights), mothakes and perioikoi (freenon-citizens), and helots (state-owned enslaved non-Spartan locals), withhelots making up the vast majority of the population; social mobility wasnearly nonexistent. Spartiate men underwent the harsh agoge training regimen,and Spartan phalanx units were widely considered to be among the best inbattle, though this was as much a matter of propaganda as battlefield prowess.Free Spartiate women enjoyed somewhat greater legal rights than elsewhere inclassical antiquity, though helots suffered exceptionally harsh treatment at thehands of the Spartiates (particularly the Crypteia), causing repeated revolts.Sparta was a subject of fascination in its own day, as well as in later Westernculture following the revival of classical learning. The admiration of Spartais known as Laconophilia.

This product is a 490 BC ancient Spartan Greek fight battle dagger made of wrought iron. It is a unique and authentic piece from Greece, with a Certificate of Authenticity available. The dagger features a Grecian style design with an intaglio feature, making it a valuable addition to any decorative collection. Its 100% lifetime warranty ensures its rarity and quality, making it a one-of-a-kind item for collectors interested in ancient military weapons.

Expertise ofthe material :WROUGHT IRONwith authentic GENUINE OLD PATINA

EXPERTEVALUATIONCONTROL NUMBER:3785057

MUSEUM GRADE RESTORED

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA)NUMBER :3785057

1. Expertise of the material :WROUGHTironwith authentic GENUINE OLD PATINA

2. MEASUREMENTS & WEIGHT :678grams :Total length including handle375millimeters :Blade width in the widest part60millimeters

3. Condition : Extremely Fine -Museum grade restored

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