close combat. Their arms may have included a shorter version of the kontarion spear employed by contemporary Byzantine heavy infantry. See also Ancient Macedonian military Toxotai Velites Takabara References Bibliography Best, J. G. P. (1969). Thracian Peltasts and their influence on Greek warfare. Connolly, Peter (1981). Greece and Rome at War. Macdonald (Black Cat, 1988). Diodorus Siculus. History. Head, Duncan (1982). Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars. WRG. Head, Duncan (1992). The Achaemenid Persian Army. Montvert. Herodotus.The Histories "Light Infantry", special issue of Ancient Warfare, 2/1 (2008) Sekunda, Nicholas V (1988). Achaemenid Military Terminology. Arch. Mitt. aus Iran 21 Sekunda, N (1992). The Persian Army 560–330 BC. Osprey. Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. Xenophon. Anabasis. Xenophon. Hellenica. External links Picture of a peltast Military units and formations of ancient Greece Military units and formations of the Hellenistic world Ancient Greek infantry types Infantry Mercenary units and formations of antiquity Infantry units and formations of Macedon Combat occupations