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1 by pyro-manic
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Right, this is a weird request, but I'm looking for some names of types of troops - specifically of heavily armed/armoured foot soldiers, as opposed to light skirmishers etc. I need it for something I'm writing.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated - my research hasn't turned up anything much beyond hoplites...

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2 by Black Wolf
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Throughout history, heavily armoring foot soldiers has been uncommon - foot soldiers are more or less cannon fodder in most cases. I guess it happened most with the Samauri and such things in Eastern fighting, but in the west, you had your greek Phalanxes, the Hoplites kind of, and, depending on how low level you want your armour to get, roman legions, and that was about it. It just wasn't economical to pay for all that armour on foot soldiers when armies tended to meet in big fields, and horses and archers (whose arrows could pierce most conventional armour until very recently) were the dominant forces.
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3 by ngtm1r
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Generally you only see armored infantry if they're professional soldiers, instead of "hostilities-only" troops. I suppose, if you want to be cynical about it, it's only worth protecting them when you're going to have them around for awhile anyways.

The Roman legionnares wore heavy armor for the time. (Actually heavier then that of Roman cavalry; the infantry was the anvil, the cavalry a hammer, and anvils need to be unyielding.)

Most Greek infantry, not just the hoplites, wore similar armor: the hoplites are regarded as heavy infantry by their armament and battlefield role, not their armor.
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5 by aldo
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karajorma wrote:Using the roman army model the Hastasi were the novices, the Principe the more seasoned troops and the Triarii were the vetrans.

They were heavily armed and armoured and were designed to act as a rallying point if the battle went against the weaker Hastasi and Principe.

For a slightly more recent example look at men-at-arms in the medieval period.
Or play Rome:Total War

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6 by Grug
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aldo wrote:
karajorma wrote:Using the roman army model the Hastasi were the novices, the Principe the more seasoned troops and the Triarii were the vetrans.

They were heavily armed and armoured and were designed to act as a rallying point if the battle went against the weaker Hastasi and Principe.

For a slightly more recent example look at men-at-arms in the medieval period.
Or play Rome:Total War

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