ATHENIAN MARINE HOPLITE & MARINE HOPLITE OF THE CLASSICAL ERA!!
CUSTOM MADE ATHENIAN HOPLITE & MARINE HOPLITE OF THE CLASSICAL ERA!!
WITH CUSTOM MOLDED & HAND PAINTED HISTORICALLY ACCURATE CORINTHIAN HELMETS CORRECTLY PROPORTIONATE!!
WITH CUSTOM MOLDED & HAND PAINTED, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE & PROPORTIONATE ARGIVE STYLE HELLENIC SHIELDS (HOPLON) & DETAILED PAINTED SPEARS!!
SHIELDS DECORATIONS ARE HAND PAINTED RELIEFS WHICH STICK OUT OF THE SHIELDS AND LOOK REALLY AWESOME!!
HOPLITE FIGURE'S SHIELD IS HAND PAINTED & DECORATED WITH ATHENA'S OWL (ANCIENT SYMBOL OF ATHENS)!!
MARINE HOPLITE FIGURE'S SHIELD IS DECORATED WITH THE SEA WAVES AROUND A HOPLITE HELMET....AN EARLY SYMBOL OF THE ATHENIAN MARINES WICH LATER WAS ADOBTED BY OTHER GREEK CITY STATES AND EVEN THE ROMAN MARINE INFANTRY WHICH MADE THEIR OWN VARIATION!!
WITH THESE CORRECTLY PLAYMOBIL PROPORTIONATE SHIELDS THE FIGURES ARE NOW ABLE TO FORM THE FAMOUS PHALANX FORMATION IN WHICH THEY LOOK AMAZING!!
BOTH COME FULLY ARMED AND READY FOR BATTLE WITH DOUBLE WEAPONS (SPEARS & SWORDS)!!
PLEASE CHECK THE DETAILED PICTURES!!
WILL BE SHIPPED WITH EXPRESS REGISTERED MAIL WITH TRACKING!!
MADE BY PLAYMOBIL FANS & HISTORY LOVERS!!
WARNING!!
THESE PLAYMOBIL FIGURES HAVE MANY CUSTOM MOLDED OR 3D PRINTED & HAND PAINTED PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AND ARE MAINLY INTENDED FOR ADULT COLLECTORS AND DIORAMA CREATORS AND NOT AS MUCH FOR KIDS TO PLAY WITH!!
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The city of Athens during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) was the major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras.
This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief
interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC (aftermath
of Lamian War). The peak of Athenian hegemony was achieved in the 440s to 430s BC, known as the Age of Pericles.
In the classical period, Athens was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Plato, Pericles, Aristophanes, Sophocles, and many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western Civilization, and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements
during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then-known
European continent.
No small measure of the success and wealth, enjoyed by the Athenian
state, was derived from the actions of its Navy. The Athenian fleet was
called the wooden walls of Athens because of its formidable size and
reputation. These wooden oar-driven vessels were called Triremes and
their armament consisted of a bronze-plated ram at the bow of the ship
for ramming the enemy. If the enemy survived the ramming crash and
stayed afloat, marine hoplites would leap to the deck of the enemy ship
for hand-to-hand combat.
Marines, or epibatai, were the secondary weapon for the Greek navy after the ram.
During battles, marines were responsible for both attacking the enemy's
ship, and preventing their own ship from being boarded. The number of
marines on the trireme fluctuated based on each battle, but usually their number aboard in each trireme would be 14 to 18 Marines.
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