How did the ancient Greeks fight?

Answer 1

This is a 'how long is a piece of string' question - over a period of 1,000 years they changed dramatically.

From the 8th Century BCE depicted by Homer, of charioteers fighting in and out of the protection of a shield wall of infantry, it developed into a shield wall of armoured infantry (hoplites) using spears with a few cavalry protecting the flanks and light infantry with bows, javelins and rocks, changing then to the phalanx of massed pikemen with light infantry protection, and then to Alexander's use of a combination of cavalry and phalanx with light infantry covering the gaps between the two.

An innovation apperared in the 390s BCE when a Spartan hoplite battalion was defeated outside Corinth by Athen's hired Thracian peltasts (light infantry), though that was partly bad tactics on the part of the Spartans who used their cavalry to protect their flanks rather than to run down the peltasts when they ran from the phalanx. However that led to Alexander's adaption of using cavalry with light infantry to bridge the gap between the cavalry and the flanks of the phalanx.

The phalanx was eventually overcome in the early 2nd Century BCE by Roman open-formation fighting and maoeuvering, which nullified the apparently rock-solid human-fortress concept. Attempts to reintroduce chariots against the Romans also failed, as did elephants as the Romans had learnt to handle these from their wars with Carthage.

Answer 2

Flanking was the most common and successful method. Also known as the phalanx.

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Answer 3

The Greeks used phalanxes, which was a huge square of men with many spears. The Greeks won many battles with the phalanx.

Answer 4

One of Them Is The Tortoise Defence Which Is When They Use Their Shields Into The Shape Of A Tortoise Shell

Answer 5

See: Ancient Greek Warfare

Answer 6

Phalanx were used

Answer 7

Phalanx