"-spides" comes from "Aspis" AFAIK, which is a fairly large round shield. Units with Aspis shields are for example:
Hetairoi Aspidophoroi
Baktrion Agema
etc.
AFAIK the Peltastai in EB carry "Thureos" shields. You can see the Pelte (or similar forms) on units like:
Anatolikoi Phyletai
Gund-i-Palta
etc.
The Caetra also seems to be a fairly widespread design.
Most "barbarian" troops use variants of the Thureos.
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