Gymnitai
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In Ancient Greek warfare
, Gymnitai (Ancient Greek
γυμνίται, singular γυμνίτης, literally “bare, naked”) were extremely light infantry who acted as skirmishers and missile troops. They fought naked or nearly naked and consisted the lightest version of the psiloi
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Ancient Greek warfare
With the emergence of Ancient Greece from its 'Dark Age', the population seemed to have significantly risen, allowing restoration of urbanized culture, and the rise of the city-states . Such developments would have consequently restored the possibility of organized warfare between statelets...
, Gymnitai (Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
γυμνίται, singular γυμνίτης, literally “bare, naked”) were extremely light infantry who acted as skirmishers and missile troops. They fought naked or nearly naked and consisted the lightest version of the psiloi
Psiloi
In Ancient Greek warfare, psiloi were extremely light infantry who acted as skirmishers and missile troops....
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