Tarquinia.
Andre Willers.
13 Mar 2014
Synopsis :
Origin of hoplites . Developed in Tarquinia .
Discussion :
1.See picture : http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9aFkAf/:Wd7Bwl.9:ns@Z9xJI/realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/Med/Etruscan_tomb_painting1.htm/
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"Battle
of the Amazons," Sarcophagus from Tarquina, Archeological Museum,
Florence. Photo from Skira, Inc., Etruscan Painting, 1952. This painting
obviously involves a woman and warriors, and the text should explain who is
involved and what is happening in the scene. The woman does not appear to be
wearing armor, and the semi-naked warrior in blue also has no armor, has a
Phrigian helmet, and brandishes a sword towards the woman. On the other side
of the woman is an armored soldier pointing a spear at the woman. The armed
man, carring a bow, on the far right is actually leading the group away. The
scene suggests the capture of the woman, not necessarily a battle. It may
depict an abduction.
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Notice the shields , and how small the horse is . Large
horses had not been bred yet .
Notice the helmets and shin greaves .
Notice the light body armour .
Notice the short sword in the right hand of the figure on
the right . Not a gladius .
Notice the military boot . The military boot was invented by
the Assyrians .
This image predates Rome or Greece .
The flow of military influence seems to have been from
Assyria to Etruscans to Greeks to Romans .
Maybe Greek .
The Greeks seems to have copied the Etruscans as far as I
can see .
They had a flourishing wine trade with the Etruscans as
middlemen to Western Europe .
2.Hoplite
The word hoplite (Greek: ὁπλίτης hoplitēs; pl. ὁπλίται hoplitai)
derives from hoplon (ὅπλον, plural hopla ὅπλα),
the type of shield used by the soldiers,
The shield , like the later Roman shield , was 2/3 of the weapon system .
Greek Hoplite .
Compare the shields
The boots and greaves are better than Assyrian . Later .
3. There seems to be a strong case that the Etruscans were an
Assyrian colony .
Probably the losing side in one of Assyria’s interminable
civil wars .
Assyria had the perfect military machine . They used it to
tear themselves apart.
Typically human .
Andre
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