Iphicrates Ιφικράτης (c. 418 BC – c. 353 BC) was an Athenian general, the son of a shoemaker, who flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC. He owes his fame as much to the improvements he made in the equipment of the peltasts or light-armed mercenaries (named for their small pelte shield) as to his military successes. Histor...
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Athenian general known chiefly for his use of lightly armed troops (peltasts); he increased the length of their weapons and improved their mobility ...
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(c. 415-353 BC) Athenian general. An innovative military leader, he commanded a force of mercenary light infantry (`peltasts`), with which he annihilated a battalion of Spartan hoplites (heavy infantry) 390 BC....
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