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[5] [6] After Greece's entry into World War I, in September 1917 the establishment of a three-regiment Cavalry Division was envisaged, [7] but in the event no major cavalry formation was established, and even the existing 1st Cavalry Brigade was disbanded; the Greek cavalry fought in the Macedonian Front only with the 1st and 3rd Cavalry ...
The Thessalians were considered the finest cavalry of Greece. [ 24 ] The Thessalian heavy cavalry accompanied Alexander during the first half of his Asian campaign and continued to be employed by the Macedonians as allies until Macedon 's final demise at the hands of the Romans.
Ottoman Sipahi heavy cavalry, c. 1550 Early 16th-century French gendarmes, with complete plate armour and heavy lances Spanish Heavy Cavalry – Royal Armoury of Madrid, Spain. Heavy cavalry was a class of cavalry intended to deliver a battlefield charge and also to act as a tactical reserve; they are also often termed shock cavalry. [1]
Alexander Mosaic, showing the Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii. The Companions (Greek: ἑταῖροι, Greek: [heˈtairoi̯], hetairoi) were the elite cavalry of the Macedonian army from the time of King Philip II of Macedon, achieving their greatest prestige under Alexander the Great, and regarded as the first or among the first shock cavalry used in Europe. [1]
The light cavalry, which was formed under the name of prodromoi (skirmishers), consisted of Macedonian sarissophoroi, so-called from the sarissa, a lance from 14 to 16 feet (4.9 m) long (Polybius, XVIII, 12), and of Thracian horsemen. The heavy-cavalry men each had a mounted servant and probably a led horse to transport baggage and forage.
The Hellenistic armies is a term that refers to the various armies of the successor kingdoms to the Hellenistic period, emerging soon after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, when the Macedonian empire was split between his successors, known as the Diadochi (Ancient Greek: Διάδοχοι).
The military history of Greece is the history of the wars and battles that took place in Greece, the Balkans, ...
The Theban hegemony; power-blocks in Greece in the decade up to 362 BC.. In the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, the militaristic city-state of Sparta had been able to impose a hegemony over the heartland of Classical Greece (the Peloponessus and mainland Greece south of Thessaly), the states of this area having been severely weakened by the war.