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Németh, G. (2026). Shields dropped. Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, 51, 5–16. https://doi.org/10.22315/
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Ancient sources regarded throwing away one’s shield as a punishable crime in Greek poleis, and their testimony has been accepted by modern scholarship. However, if we read the accounts of actual instances of shield-dropping, we find that the interests of the whole community often took precedence over the demand to penalize shield-droppers.