page_title: Peltast
hierarchical_section_title: Peltast
caption_attribution_description: English: Agrianian Peltast by Johnny Shumate For more information about illustrations, email shumate_j@bellsouth.net
context_page_description: A peltast was a type of light infantry, originating in Thrace and Paeonia, who often served as skirmishers in Hellenic and Hellenistic armies. In the Medieval period, the same term was used for a type of Byzantine infantryman.
context_section_description: A peltast (Greek: πελταστής peltastes) was a type of light infantry, originating in Thrace and Paeonia, who often served as skirmishers in Hellenic and Hellenistic armies. In the Medieval period, the same term was used for a type of Byzantine infantryman.
caption: Agrianian peltast. This peltast holds three javelins, one in his throwing hand and two in his pelte (shield) hand as additional ammunition.
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