Teeth of fallen soldiers hold evidence that foreigners fought alongside ancient Greeks, challenging millennia of military history
by Katherine Reinberger
Abstract: Reinberger details recent archaeological findings found using dental analysis indicating that the first Battle of Himera (5th century BCE) involved combatants from a far wider area than previously thought. She suggests that the Greeks recruited mercenaries from across the Mediterranean, and perhaps still yet farther afield, and in doing so queries the truthfulness of the idea of Greek military forces composed mainly of citizen-hoplites.
Online Journal article in: The Conversation (online). May 12, 2021.
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