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National Party – Greeks
National Party – Greeks (), formerly Greeks for the Fatherland (), is a Greek nationalism, Greek far-right political party founded on 4 June 2020, by Ilias Kasidiaris, a former Member of parliament, MP and spokesperson of Golden Dawn (Greece), Golden Dawn, who is currently serving a 13-year prison term for his involvement in the criminal organisation run by Golden Dawn, allegations for which he maintains his innocence. History After Golden Dawn (political party), Golden Dawn's failure to secure seats in the 2019 Greek legislative election, prominent members of the party stepped down from their positions and distanced themselves from leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos. Noticeably, Ioannis Lagos, Giannis Lagos Member of the European Parliament, MEP announced his departure from Golden Dawn, along with Giorgos Germenis, Nikos Kouzilos and Panagiotis Iliopoulos to start a new party called National Popular Consciousness. All of them were later sentenced to lengthy prison terms as a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplite
Hoplites ( ) ( grc, ὁπλίτης : hoplítēs) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Polis, city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields. Hoplite soldiers used the phalanx formation to be effective in war with fewer soldiers. The formation discouraged the soldiers from acting alone, for this would compromise the formation and minimize its strengths. The hoplites were primarily represented by free citizens – propertied farmers and artisans – who were able to afford a Linothorax, linen armour or a bronze armour suit and weapons (estimated at a third to a half of its able-bodied adult male population). Most hoplites were not professional soldiers and often lacked sufficient military training. Some states maintained a small elite professional unit, known as the ''wikt:επιλέγω, epilektoi'' ("chosen") since they were picked from the regular citizen infantry. These existed at times in Athens, Argos, Peloponnese, Argos, Thebes, Greec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
