Heavy infantry

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Heavy infantry refers to heavily armed and armoured ground troops, as opposed to medium or light infantry, in which the warriors are relatively lightly-armoured.

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In ancient Greece the Hoplite was the common infantry.

Roman Heavy Infantry were called Legionaries, heavily armed soldiers with two pilum to throw at enemy troops.


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