page_title: Classical reenactment
section_title: Ancient Greek reenactment
hierarchical_section_title: Classical reenactment / Ancient Greek reenactment
caption_attribution_description: Hoplites of Ancient Greece (in modern Greece) in a 5th century B.C. portrayal of a hoplites advancing.
context_page_description: Classical reenactment tends to focus on portrayals of the Greco-Roman world, and especially on modern recreations of Roman legions and ancient Greek hoplites.
context_section_description: Greek reenacting groups concentrate mostly on classical era hoplites, though the Archaic, Hellenistic and Mycenaean eras are becoming popular as well. Most reenactors focus on Greek hoplites and tend to depict the classical era, particularly the period around the Peloponnesian wars, but accurate depictions of Greeks in the earlier Mycenaean and other eras has becoming increasingly more common, especially the era of Persian War and reenactments of the Macedonian phalanx. Aside from groups, there are also individuals who sometimes reenact the heroes of ancient Greece.
  International conventions are now being held, with the first being in Watford, Britain in the summer of 2006.
  Some groups stage mock battles such as the Spartan warband that equips its members with durable aspis and other period equipment, reenacting Phalanx formation tactics to their fullest extent by depicting two hoplite squads of reenactors clashing with each other. The Spartan Army is very popular as a theme, as can be evidenced by the group called The Hellenic Warriors, who appear at museums, schools, and universities on the east coast of the United States.
  Greek reenacting is popular in the United States, Europe and Australia and whose members from around the world will gather at the 2010 International Ancient Greek Hoplite Festival.
caption: Reenactors portraying 5th century BC Greek hoplites
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