aspis
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thumb|Hoplitodromos with aspis and full body [[armour depicted in a Greek vase dated to 550 BC.]] An aspis (; : aspides, ) or '''porpax shield''' was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece.
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thumb|Hoplitodromos with aspis and full body [[armour depicted in a Greek vase dated to 550 BC.]] An aspis (; : aspides, ) or '''porpax shield' was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece.
==Construction== An aspis was deeply dished and made primarily of wood. Some had a thin sheet of bronze on the outer face, often just around the rim. The convention was to decorate the shield.
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