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Cretan archers, the Glossary

Cretan archers were a well known class of warrior whose specialist skills were extensively utilized in both ancient and medieval warfare.^[1]

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Ancient Crete
Ancient Greek archers
Military units and formations of ancient Greece
Military units and formations of the Hellenistic world

Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Ancient Greek mercenaries

There is evidence of mercenaries (misthophoroi (plural), misthios (singular male), misthia (singular female) in Greek) being hired in Ancient Greece from the 6th century BC.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Ancient warfare

Ancient warfare is war that was conducted from the beginning of recorded history to the end of the ancient period.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Auxiliaries

Auxiliaries are support personnel that assist the military or police but are organised differently from regular forces.

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Battle of Cunaxa

The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in the late summer of 401 BC between the Persian king Artaxerxes II and his brother Cyrus the Younger for control of the Achaemenid throne.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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City-state

A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.

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Cohors I Cretum sagittaria

Cohors Cretum sagittaria (" archer cohort of Cretans") was a Roman auxiliary archers regiment. Cretan archers and cohors I Cretum sagittaria are ancient Crete and ancient Greek archers.

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Composite bow

A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow.

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Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Diadochi

The Diadochi (singular: Diadochos; from Successors) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC.

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Eretria

Eretria (Ερέτρια, Erétria, Ἐρέτρια, Erétria, literally 'city of the rowers') is a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf.

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Eurybotas

Eurybotas (Ευρυβώτας) of Crete was the toxarch (τοξάρχης), meaning captain of the archers, in the army of Alexander the Great, a position to which he may have been summoned already by the Philip II, when he planned his Asiatic campaign. Cretan archers and Eurybotas are ancient Greek archers.

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Fall of Constantinople

The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire.

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Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III.

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Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius (– 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.

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Helmet

A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head.

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Hoplite

Hoplites (hoplîtai) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields.

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Imperial Roman army

The Imperial Roman Army was the military land force of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 476 AD, and the final incarnation in the long history of the Roman army.

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Knossos

Knossos (pronounced; Knōssós,; Linear B: 𐀒𐀜𐀰 Ko-no-so) is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete.

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Linothorax

The linothorax (from the λινοθώραξ) is a type of upper body armor that was used throughout the ancient Mediterranean world.

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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia (Μακεδονία), also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.

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Medieval warfare

Medieval warfare is the warfare of the Middle Ages.

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Mehmed II

Mehmed II (translit; II.,; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (lit; Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.

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Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete.

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Nereid Monument

The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in Lycia (then part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire), close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Rome: Total War

Rome: Total War is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and originally published by Activision; its publishing rights have since passed to Sega.

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Sling (weapon)

A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to hand-throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "sling-bullet".

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Sparta

Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece.

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Taranto

Taranto (Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.

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Ten Thousand

The Ten Thousand (οἱ Μύριοι, hoi Myrioi) were a force of mercenary units, mainly Greeks, employed by Cyrus the Younger to attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Cretan archers and Ten Thousand are military units and formations of ancient Greece.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_archers

Also known as Cretan archer.

Cretan archers, the Glossary

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See also

Ancient Crete

Ancient Greek archers

Military units and formations of ancient Greece

Military units and formations of the Hellenistic world

References