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Classical Civilisation
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Pro-machoi

GCSEOCRJ199

Pro-machoi

Key term for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation, used in Literary Sources.

Definition

The 'front-rankers' or vanguard; the most dangerous and honourable position in a hoplite formation.

Exam Context

Pro-machoi appears in OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation revision content for War and Warfare, especially Literary Sources and Prescribed Texts.

War and Warfare Literary Sources Prescribed Texts

Study Pathways

War and Warfare

Literary Sources

Prescribed Texts

War and Warfare

Sparta at War in the 5th Century

The idealisation of war and warfare

Found in Revision Notes

War and Warfare

Greek Literary Sources on Warfare: Homer and Tyrtaeus

Literary Sources • Prescribed Texts

War and Warfare

The idealisation of war and warfare

Sparta at War in the 5th Century • The idealisation of war and warfare

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