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Arms and armor of Achaemenid army
Cejnarová, Petra ; Stančo, Ladislav (advisor) ; Kysela, Jan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to introduce Arms and Armour of Achaemenid Army. In this study I describe briefly clothing, arms and armour of the Persian army during the period since the reign of Cyrus the Great until the reign of Darius III. Kodomanés. War strategy of the Persian army will be also mentioned, whereas it is not possible to present military equipment without an adequate description of the method of use. Firstly we use the historical writings by Greek authors to describe Achaemenid arms. Furthermore, we observe the appearance and evolution of weapons and equipment in art. Artistic monuments of Persian origin, Scythian artefacts, which decoration was greatly influenced by Achaemenid art, Greek artefacts, to which, however, should be approached with caution, and the art of some other Asian nations (Lydians, Phrygians) we use as a sources of information. Secondly, we introduce a categorisation of weapons and equipment. The most important is the division of equipment between infantry and cavalry. In both sections, we firstly describe the clothing of troops, further we introduce defensive equipment and offensive weapons. The greatest change in the development of arms and armour of the Achaemenid army was caused by Greco-Persian wars. Finally, allied troops from neighboring Asian...
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