- A
hypaspist (Gr****: Ὑπασπιστής "shield bearer" or "shield covered") is a squire, man at arms, or "shield carrier". In Homer,
Deiphobos advances "ὑπασπίδια"...
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regular forced marches. The
Hypaspists (Hypaspistai) were the
elite arm of the
Macedonian infantry. The word '
hypaspists'
translates into
English as 'shield-bearers'...
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correspond to the fact that they were
placed on the
right side next to the
hypaspists. The
common conception is that
Asthetairoi means 'closest companion' in...
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taxeis of
phalangites of
about 1,500 men and
three quiliarchies of 1000
hypaspists. It is
necessary to add an
undetermined number of
archers and
other light...
- have
consisted of
about 24,000
heavy infantry (9,000 phalangites, 3,000
hypaspists and 7,000
allied and 5,000
mercenary Gr**** hoplites), 13,000
light infantry...
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carried silver-plated shields,
hence their name. The
original unit were
hypaspists serving in the army of
Alexander the Great.
During the Wars of the Diadochi...
- with the help of many
mercenary generals. His
forces consisted of 3,000
Hypaspists under Eurylochus the
Magnesian (the Agema), 2,000
peltasts under Socrates...
- Left, a
Macedonian infantryman,
possibly a
hypaspist,
equipped with an
aspis shield and
wearing a
linothorax cuir**** and
Thracian helmet; bas
relief from...
- 12,000 and
included the Foot
Companions and a
smaller group of
elite hypaspists. The
light infantry totalled 1,000 and
contained archers and
elite Agrianian...
- dagger,
restrained Alexander, and
hustled Cleitus out of the room. The
Hypaspists had
conveniently left the
vicinity of Alexander.
Alexander then called...
