page_title: Thorakitai
hierarchical_section_title: Thorakitai
caption_attribution_description: English: Fresco of an ancient Macedonian Greek heavy infantry soldier (thorakitai) wearing mail armor and bearing a thureos shield, 3rd century BC. Photo taken from the Archeological Museum in Istanbul.According to Livius.org, the painting decorates a funerary stele from Sidon, Lebanon (then under the Seleucid Empire, a Hellenistic successor state to Alexander the Great's empire), for a soldier named Salmamodes of Adada. Istanbul Archaeology Museums &#160;&#160;Native nameİstanbul Arkeoloji MüzesiLocationIstanbul, TurkeyCoordinates41°&#160;00′&#160;42″&#160;N, 28°&#160;58′&#160;53″&#160;E Established13 June 1892Web pageIstanbul Archaeology Museum pageAuthority control : Q636978 VIAF:&#8201;139339433 GND:&#8201;10004989-8 institution QS:P195,Q636978
context_page_description: The thorakitai were a type of soldier in Hellenistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. The literal translation of the term is "cuirassiers", which suggests that they may have worn a short Celtic mail shirt or possibly a linothorax.
context_section_description: The thorakitai (Greek: θωρακίται, singular: θωρακίτης, thorakites) were a type of soldier in Hellenistic armies similar to the thureophoroi. The literal translation of the term is "cuirassiers", which suggests that they may have worn a short Celtic mail shirt or possibly a linothorax.
caption: Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier (thorakitai) wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield
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