- A
thyreos or
thureos (Ancient Gr****: θυρεός) was a
large oval
shield which was
commonly used in ****enistic
armies from the 3rd
century BC onwards. It...
- sword. They also
usually wore an iron or
bronze Macedonian helmet. The
thureos was
probably originally an
adapted form of a
Celtic shield.
Thracian and...
-
their name we can
deduce that most wore
armor and helmet. They bore a
thureos, an oval shield, and were
armed with sword,
javelins and spear,
which were...
- the
thureos shield, a
thrusting spear and javelins.
Plutarch says that they
could be
effective at a distance, but in
close combat the
narrow thureos shield...
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Fresco of an
ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakites)
wearing mail
armour and
bearing a
thureos shield...
-
Thureophoroi and the Thorakitai, were developed. They used the
Celtic Thureos shield, of an oval
shape that was
similar to the
shields of the Romans...
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Fresco of an
ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakites)
wearing chainmail armor and
bearing a
thureos shield, 3rd century BC, İstanbul
Archaeology Museums...
- 2nd
century BC,
showing a
Ptolemaic thureophoros soldier (wielding the
thureos shield). It is a
characteristic example of the "romanization" of the Ptolemaic...
- thyr- door Gr**** θύρα (thúra)
thyratron thyre-
large shield Gr**** θυρεός (
thureós) Thyreophora, thyroid, thyrotropin,
thyroxine tim- be
afraid Latin timere...
-
Fresco of an
ancient Makedonian soldier (thorakitai)
wearing chainmail armor and
bearing a
thureos shield, 3rd
century BC...
