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fandom there. Right. First question is the thuriforoi. What were they, light troops,

Peltaster replacements, and where did they originate? Question two, which we'll cover next time as well.

Classical Greece, what was the difference between bronze and iron weapons and armor in terms of

availability, hardness, temper and penetrating ability?

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warfare magazine where this all started. Right. So let's deal with the Thorea, four,oy, which is named after the shield they carry, the Thoreos.

Now, interestingly, the Thoreos shield is an oval shield, which seems to appear in Hellenistic Greek armies in the third century BC.

That's really interesting because, of course, we know from Celtic archaeology

that the Gallic and Celtic shields prior to that date were also oval in shape.

And whereas the pelter of the Macedonian and Hellenistic philangiates and the

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