LetswaveaBook Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 I have done some wikipedia reading and the perioikoi were a free class, associated more with trade than with war. Sparta does have the perioikoi trader. If I am correct, the class of neodamodes is represents warfare activities better than perioikoi. My naïve suggestion would thus be to rename perioikoi hoplites to neodamodes hoplites. Is there any reason to use the term perioikoi hoplites? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Letswaveabook let's patch that? But I will summon the historians for good measure @Genava55 @Thorfinn the Shallow Minded @Ultimate Aurelian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, LetswaveaBook said: My naïve suggestion would thus be to rename perioikoi hoplites to neodamodes hoplites. Is there any reason to use the term perioikoi hoplites? I refuse, and I suggest you to read something more rigorous than wikipedia, like Thucydides or Herodotus. Or to check the accounts of battles directly, if you want to stick with wikipedia. Edited June 8, 2021 by Genava55 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Knowing how much @Nescio was a good nitpicker, I would be surprised if there are any issues like this remaining for the Hellenistic factions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, LetswaveaBook said: My naïve suggestion would thus be to rename perioikoi hoplites to neodamodes hoplites. Is there any reason to use the term perioikoi hoplites? It is fairly well established that perioikoi served in the military. I'd recommend browsing through JSTOR to see. Over time perioikoi, initially meant to supplement Spartan numbers, increasingly made up the military and even integrated into Spartan units. Neodamodeis were in all likelihood far less common as they represented a route for social advancement for helots, something that Spartans feared. If Neodamodeis were to be introduced to Sparta, it would be reasonable to allow them to be trained through Brasidas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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