Learn about the ancient Greeks at war, including how the army fought, famous battles and the Spartan soldier state in this KS2 History year 3/4 guide from BBC Bitesize.

Over at the Total War website you can grab a new Spartan unit for Rome: Total War. The "Peloponnesian-era Spartan Hoplite model" replaces the existing Spartan model so it's recomm ...

The frequency and persistence of Greek hoplite warfare in a distinctive and largely unchanged form over the period from the mid-seventh to the mid-fourth century BC is best explained by reference to a ...

Soldiers from 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division participated in the Order of the Hoplite in order to earn their 'shields' and keep tradition alive April 9 to 10 at Camps Casey ...

Bardunias and Ray, authors of a number of books and articles on various aspects of ancient warfare, take a technical look at the mechanics of Hoplite combat. They are critical – often amusingly so – ...