Thermopylae is a mountain pass near the sea in northern Greece which was the site of several battles in antiquity, the most famous being that between Persians and Greeks in August 480 BCE. https://www.worldhistory.org/thermopylae/ #History #GorgoofSparta #GreekWarfare #Hoplite

A Peltast was a type of Greek infantryman who was usually armed with a javelin and who carried a light shield. https://www.worldhistory.org/Peltast/ #History #GreekWarfare #Hoplite #Marathon

A Peltast was a type of Greek infantryman who was usually armed with a javelin and who carried a light shield. https://www.worldhistory.org/Peltast/ #History #GreekWarfare #Hoplite #Marathon

A Peltast was a type of Greek infantryman who was usually armed with a javelin and who carried a light shield. https://www.worldhistory.org/Peltast/ #History #GreekWarfare #Hoplite #Marathon

Hexes forever, work-in-progress. I am not a graphic artist but this enterprise gladdens my heart.

Mouth of rivers Ciane and Anapos, a place of action around 415 BC. Syracuse is little off-map, "to the bottom", as this map is not oriented to to the north.

Whoever is going to see this 'half-map'... won't confuse it with the official material ;)

Google Earth is helpful. Other parts of 'Peloponnesian' Mediterranean are also within one's grasp. Sandals forward.

#GBoH #Homebrew #Hoplite #hex-n-counters

#Ancient #Greek #hoplite