WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -A Hoplite (from ta hopla meaning tool or equipment) was the most common type of heavily armed foot-soldier in ancient Greece from the 7th to 4th centuries BCE, and most ordinary citizens of Greek city-states with sufficient means were expected to equip and make themselves available for the role when necessary.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each hoplite had to be a free Greek citizen of his polis and had to be able to pay for his own weapons and armor.

Detailed explanation-3: -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, helmets, shin guards, shoulder pads, and sometimes foot protectors, thigh guards and forearm guards.

Detailed explanation-4: -A hoplite was a heavily armed infantryman in ancient Greece who fought in a phalanx formation. The phalanx was a military formation in which soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder with their shields, called a hoplon, overlapping to create a wall of protection.