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The second century in particular, I think, speaks to the degree to which - once exposed - the Greeks were quite receptive to the idea of equipping a *lot* of men with center-grip Gallic style shields (=thureos). Thureophoroi are *everywhere* in late-3/early-2century BC Greece
They're all over Polybius (who distinguishes between thureophori generally and armored thureophoroi whom he calls thraokites, Plb 4.12; 10.29) and by Plutrach as the standard Greek (non-Macedonian) soldier from which a reformer (Cleom. 11.2; Philop. 9.1-3) might move away from.
And they've adopted a shield better suited for the kind of more mobile, looser-formation warfare they expect to face. Again, I'm not kiboshing modern use-testing *at all* - I think it is very valuable. But we'll be more than second best in knowledge.
So: Yes, the aspis is usable in solo-combat or out of formation, but I'd still argue that it is a less-than-ideal shield, because its design is focused on another context (the phalanx) and designs always involve trade-offs. Thanks for the comment, glad you are enjoying the blog!
Yes, but Polybius is a Hellenistic Achaean. I took your argument (perhaps incorrectly, and if so, I apologize) to be aimed at 5th C. BC Sparta.
The argument is more nearly that we can tell the *primary* (but not only) fighting style intended because of what the aspis - the core equipment - is best at. And we can tell, in part, that it was somewhat specialized for that, because when fighting shifted, so did the shield.
Sigh. I wish twitter had an edit function. Normally I don't care, but it's a Greek word, so let's try this again:
*Thorakites, (θωρακίτης). Literally means "guys with a thorax (θώραξ - meaning 'breastplate')." I know @MykeCole knows all that, but clarified for the audience
Haha. No worries, thanks.
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