🇬🇷 3,200 Years of Greek Warfare — From the Trojan War to NATO 🇬🇷

Watch 3,200 years of Greek military history unfold in one seamless continuous shot. A single soldier runs through every era, the uniform and world transforming behind him as he runs. In this episode: Mycenaean Warrior - Trojan War (c. 1250 BCE) - Dendra bronze panoply, boar's tusk helmet, tower shield, bronze spear Dorian / Dark Age Warrior - First Messenian War (c. 740-720 BCE) - bell cuirass, early bronze helmet, round shield, spear and iron sword Athenian Hoplite - Marathon (490 BCE) - Corinthian helmet, aspis shield, dory spear, citizen panoply Spartan Hoplite - Thermopylae (480 BCE) - Corinthian helmet, red cloak, aspis, spear Athenian Marine - Salamis (480 BCE) - naval battle kit, bronze helmet, shield, spear Spartan Hoplite - Plataea (479 BCE) - classical hoplite panoply, scarlet cloak, spear and shield Athenian Hoplite - Eurymedon (466 BCE) - bronze helmet, aspis, spear, imperial Athenian field kit Athenian Hoplite - Syracuse (413 BCE) - worn campaign panoply, shield, spear, Sicilian expedition dust Spartan Hoplite - Nemea (394 BCE) - late classical hoplite armor, shield, spear Theban Sacred Band - Chaeronea (338 BCE) - Boeotian helmet, hoplite shield, spear, elite Theban panoply Macedonian Companion Cavalry - Granicus (334 BCE) - Boeotian cavalry helmet, cuirass, xyston lance Macedonian Phalangite - Issus (333 BCE) - sarissa pike, small shield, helmet, linothorax Macedonian Phalangite - Hydaspes (326 BCE) - sarissa, phalanx shield, Hellenic campaign armor in India Successor Phalangite - Ipsus (301 BCE) - Hellenistic pike infantry, helmet, shield, Successor kingdoms kit Macedonian Phalangite - Pydna (168 BCE) - late phalanx armor, sarissa, shield Achaean League Hoplite - Corinth (146 BCE) - Hellenistic helmet, shield, spear, last free Greek league army Byzantine Thematic Soldier - Siege of Constantinople (717-718) - lamellar armor, spangenhelm, round shield, spear Byzantine Skoutatos - Kleidion (1014) - skouton shield, helmet, spear, middle Byzantine infantry kit Byzantine Kataphraktos - Manzikert (1071) - lamellar cavalry armor, conical helmet, kontos lance, bow Palaiologan Soldier - Reconquest of Constantinople (1261) - mail and lamellar, shield, spear, late Byzantine restoration era Byzantine Defender - Fall of Constantinople (1453) - mail-and-plate defense kit, shield, spear Greek Revolutionary - Dervenakia (1822) - foustanella, waistcoat, long gun, pistols, yataghan Greek Line Infantry - Domokos (1897) - dark tunic, kepi, leather equipment, Gras rifle Evzone - Bizani (1913) - foustanella, fez, tsarouchia, Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle Greek Infantryman - Sakarya / Asia Minor (1921) - khaki service dress, Adrian helmet, rifle, campaign kit Evzone - Pindus (1940) - winter foustanella, wool layers, tsarouchia, rifle in the snow Cretan Resistance Fighter - Crete (1941) - civilian wool dress, bandolier, captured rifle, mountain resistance ELDYK Soldier - Cyprus (1974) - olive drab battle dress, steel helmet, battle rifle, frontline kit Modern Hellenic Army - Present - lizard camouflage, body armor, helmet, modern NATO combat kit Watch more episodes: 🇮🇹 From Roman Legions to NATO - 2,400 Years of Warfare on the Italian Peninsula 🇮🇹    • 🇮🇹 From Roman Legions to NATO - 2,400 Year...   🇩🇪 2,000 Years of German Warfare — From Teutoburg Forest to Modern Bundeswehr 🇩🇪    • 🇩🇪 2,000 Years of German Warfare — From Te...   🇬🇧 1000 Years of British Military - From Anglo-Saxon Huscarl to VIRTUS 🇬🇧    • 🇬🇧 1000 Years of British Military - From A...   🇫🇷 2,300 Years of French Military | From Gauls to FÉLIN 🇫🇷    • 🇫🇷 2,300 Years of French Military | From G...   🇪🇸 2,300 Years of Spanish Military — From Iberians to Modern NATO 🇪🇸    • 🇪🇸 2,300 Years of Spanish Military — From ...   🇨🇭 700 Years of Swiss Warfare — From Morgarten to Modern Armée XXI 🇨🇭    • 🇨🇭 700 Years of Swiss Warfare — From Morga...   🇵🇱 1,000 Years of Polish Warriors — From Piast Tribes to Modern Army 🇵🇱    • 🇵🇱 1,000 Years of Polish Warriors — From P...   #militaryhistory #history #greekhistory #ancientgreece #byzantinehistory #aiart #greece #cyprus