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Aspis
Shield used by Ancient Greek hoplites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the shield. For other uses, see Aspis (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Apsis.
An aspis (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς; pl.: aspides, ἀσπίδες) or porpax shield was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece.[1]
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