Iphicrates (Ancient Greek: Ιφικράτης; c. 418 – c. 353 BC [citation needed]) was an Athenian general, who flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC. He is credited with important infantry reforms that revolutionized ancient Greek warfare by regularizing light-armed peltasts. [3]

Iphicrates (born c. 418 bc —died c. 353) was an Athenian general known chiefly for his use of lightly armed troops (peltasts); he increased the length of their weapons and improved their mobility by reducing defensive armour.

During the battle, the Athenian general Iphicrates took advantage of the situation when a Spartan hoplite regiment operating near Corinth was marching through open terrain without the protection of any missile throwing troops. He decided to ambush it …

Aug 29, 2024 · Reputedly the son of a shoemaker, Iphicrates came to prominence during the Corinthian War (395-387), which saw Athens and her allies attempting to break Sparta's hegemony.

Iphicrates and Callias, the commander of the Athenian hoplites, wasted no time. With the Athenian hoplites drawn up close to the city walls, Iphicrates’s peltasts (light infantry) ran up to the Spartans and let fly with their javelins, killing and wounding several of the Spartan hoplites.

（ Ἰφικράτης ), the famous Athenian general, was the son of a shoemaker, whose name seems to have been Timotheus. He first brought himself into notice by gallantly boarding a ship of the enemy (perhaps at the battle of Cnidus, B. C. 394) and bringing off the captain to his own trireme.

Athenian general known chiefly for his use of lightly armed troops (peltasts); he increased the length of their weapons and improved their mobility by reducing defensive armour. Iphicrates used his peltasts skillfully in the Corinthian War (395­387), nearly annihilating a battalion of Spartan hoplites near Corinth in 390.

Iphicrates, Athenian general who achieved fame commanding *peltasts at *Corinth (393–389 bce), when he mauled a Spartan mora (‘brigade’) (390). Redeployed to the *Hellespont following conflict about the Corinth–*Argos (1) union (see corinth; sympoliteia) he eliminated Anaxibius (389) and undertook naval operations.

Iphicrates (d. c. 353 BC) was an Athenian general, son of a shoemaker, flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC. He owes his fame as to the improvements which he made in the accoutrements of the peltasts or light-armed mercenaries (so called from their round shield) as to his military successes.

Dec 15, 2015 · Iphicrates (c.418-353 BC) was an Athenian general who played a key part in the recovery of Athenian power in the aftermath of the Corinthian War, but who was less successful during the Social War, fought against Athens's own allies. Iphicrates is most famous for improving the lightly armed peltasts.