Essay On Ancient Greek Weapons

The Ancient Greeks invented many different types of weapons such as the ballista, body armor, and innovation of war strategy and tactics. Many of those weapons have evolved into more technologically advanced weapons that we still use today. The Ancient Greeks invented many advanced weapons for their time. Their innovations developed into our modern day weapons and military tactics. These inventions helped pave the way for the contemporary military weapons that are still being utilized today.

The ballista was a very strong and powerful weapon the Ancient Greeks invented. It was the first catapult used by the Greeks and was the most dominant weapon used in battles. Originally called a ‘gastrophyte’, it was a giant crossbow that could shoot long range arrows. Their invention of this weapon evolved into the rail gun which is a bigger, more powerful, more efficient version of the balista. The rail gun shoots about 100 miles and it costs from $500,000 to 1.5 million dollars. This …show more content…
The most well known formation was developed by the Greeks and was called the Hoplite Phalanx. This was a formation where they would lock their shields together and project their spears over the shields. This would build a shield wall and the group of soldiers would point their spears toward the enemy which would act as a barrier to protect them. The development of this tactic had much influence on our modern strategy of “fire and movement.” This strategy is performed when troops line up in waves and take turns firing weapons at the enemy. Their innovation of strategy and tactics has had the greatest influence on modern day weaponry. In the famous Trojan Horse tactic, a strategy was used which defeated the Trojans and didn’t require weapons of mass destruction. The greatest generals, such as George Washington, Winfield Scott, Ulysses Grant, and Matthew Ridgway were great because of their use of strategy and