Effects Of Changes In The Development Of Ancient Greek Arms And On The City

This paper mainly discusses arms changes such as cavalry, heavy infantry and the Navyin the city-state Era, but taking into account the continuity of services development, somearms in the former city times such as chariot soldiers, archers are also investigated, we canhave a complete grasp to the changes and the development of ancient Greek troops. Then wecan study deeply the effects of arms changes on the city government.Enter the city-state Era, chariots became into purely logistical transport troops. Archershad been neglected in ancient Greece and had no development, then became a part of the lightinfantry and the latter is also a supplement to heavy infantry. Cavalry appeared later in ancientGreece, it was absolutely the main force and had a major impact on the ancient Greek militaryand political. Navy appeared earlier in ancient Greece, with the three paddle warshipsappeared, its fighting capacity was substantially improved. Especially after the Persian war, itinfluenced the ancient Greek city-state society significantly.The Archaic period, with the heavy infantry rising and chariot outing, combat modebecame heavy infantry collective operations from mainly generals alone, solidarity anddiscipline were important. Heavy infantry’s full set of weapons and equipment are: the spear,sword, shield, helmet, breastplate, leggings. Of course, not every heavy infantry was armed tothe teeth, because all of the equipments are purchased and kept on their own. The hoplitephalanx are generally divided into three parts, and to the right was the key. On the other hand,heavy infantry’s limitations led to its decline, such as poor maneuverability, simple tacticsand long-term war depends on the economic base collapsed. Citizen collective consciousnesshas been challenged, the city-states of the collective things gradually replaced by individualfirms.The navy has appeared in ancient Greek history early. Due to operational single, it wasjust a road continuation of the war at sea. The Greek Navy was able to rise because thePersian war. The city-state of Athens established maritime hegemony by virtue of its seapower and its control of the Delian League, this made an important influence on the ancientGreek city-state society. On the one hand, it promoted the prosperity of the Atheniandemocracy; on the other hand, with Athens’ further expansion, the contradiction betweenAthens and Sparta was stimulated, to some extent contributed to the occurrence of thePeloponnesian war.Due to the changes and development of arms, the whole units within the city was notimmutable and frozen. Therefore, government changes as the shift of the strength of armsand forming a new political pattern.When the heavy infantry became the army’s main force,the city government was generally more stable. When the Navy and army light infantry asthe main, democracy began to slide on the extreme democracy. Because these Navy or lightinfantry are mostly poor come from the lower class, they must get more returns in politics.The essence of regime is the "tyranny of the majority".