It was discovered in 1830 near Bomarzo in Lazio, central Italy. Such shields did not tend to survive the passage of time very well, and only one aspis has survived into modernity with sufficient preservation to allow us to determine the details of its construction: this shield is called the "Bomarzo" or "Vatican" shield, and it is currently located in the Vatican, within the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco. That the shield was convex made it possible for warriors to use it as a flotation device for crossing rivers, and its large round shape allowed it to be used for hauling the bodies of the dead from the battlefield. They were designed for a mass of hoplites to push forward into the opposing army, a move called othismos, and it was their most essential equipment. The shield rested on a man's shoulders, stretching down to the knees. This allowed hoplites more mobility with the shield, as well as the ability to capitalize on their offensive capabilities and better support the phalanx. Known as an Argive grip, it placed the handle at the edge of the shield and was supported by a leather or bronze fastening for the forearm at the center, known as the porpax. The revolutionary part of the shield was, in fact, the grip. This large shield was made possible partly by its shape, which allowed it to be supported comfortably on the shoulder. The Hoplite Shield is a Large Shield in Demons Souls Remake. The aspis measured at least 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) in diameter and weighed about 7.3 kilograms (16 lb), and it was about 25–38 millimetres (0.98–1.50 in) thick. In some periods, the convention was to decorate the shield in others, it was usually left plain.
Some had a thin sheet of bronze on the outer face, often just around the rim. Construction Īn aspis was deeply dished and made primarily of wood. Each Hoplite in the Group will decrease the user's movement speed by 20. The 20 Shield Capacity increase counts the user of this Shield.
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Hoplitodromos with aspis and full body armour depicted in a Greek vase dated to 550 BC.Īn aspis ( Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς, plural aspides, ἀσπίδες), or porpax shield, sometimes mistakenly referred to as a hoplon ( Greek: ὅπλον) (a term actually referring to the whole equipment of a hoplite), was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece. The Seraph Shield Hoplite is manufactured by Pangolin and comes from the Borderlands 2 Campaign of Carnage - DLC.
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