Quote Originally Posted by moonburn View Post
i can imagine an haploi turning to his militia buddy and saying "we´re the poorest of the poor in our society but it does seem that those kelts have even poorer dudes look at those poor suckers they can´t even afford some slips and sandals, i bet they´ll run before we make contact"
i thought all hoplites were landowners and were rich enough to provide their own equipment? Did they start using levies and state supplied weapons during the EB era when the city states had declined?