CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Laurium, Mantineia, Thespiae
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In sparta, the military is homogenous, meaning people from all classes came together to fight as one, as brethren. In athens, solon has 4 property classes baed on their ability to make money. Basic shield and spear = 1 months wages. Average hoplite owned 10-15 acres of land worth 2000-3000 drachmas (standard daily wage is 1 drachma) they had to pay for their own equipment - therefore it was not a homogenous system. Also aristocrats would have not only better equipment but have more time on their hands to train and be better soldiers. Better soliders were in the front and back, basic soliders in the middle in order that they dont run away. Thucydides describes the battle on mantineia in 418 bc. Armies line up on the plain, approach each other they shift to the right - guy on the very right doesnt have protection on his right, therefore he creeps to the right.
