Aspis

This article is about the shield. For other uses, see Aspis (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Apsis.

An aspis (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς; pl.: aspides, ἀσπίδες) or porpax shield was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece.

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