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Greek past weapons
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February 9, 2012
Spartans used many weapons in battle. The three 3 most common weapons used was iron, steel or bronze swords, shields and spears.
Their shields were about 3 feet across, most of the time in battle the Greek formed a dome out of the shield in battle. One weapon counted a lot in battle, this weapon is the spear; about 3-4 feet long the spear it’s the most dangerous weapon of Greeks. The spear was used for stabbing and for throwing.
After throwing their spear the Greek Spartan would take out their sword, the sword was used for stabbing an enemy in battle. These weapons played a key role in fighting and protecting people like the Spartan use these weapon to fight off enemy and protect their love one, imagine standing there while your town or village is being invaded and there is no other way to protect your town or.
Their greatest weapon was the bow; the bow is a allowed Greek soldiers to stand on the walls and fire arrows at their enemy.
Another early technology Greek used were catapults, the catapult was used for breaking enemy walls, after the wall was broken the Greek army charged in. The warriors of Greece were furious fighters.
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