they fought hoplites against non-hoplites.

他们就是以方阵部队对抗非方阵部队
Boy, that's a nice day for a hoplite.

孩子们这对方阵部队来说可是够爽
The Persian infantry did not have heavy armor,

波斯步兵没有重装甲
they did not have that kind of a shield,

他们没有那种盾
they had wicker shields;

他们只有藤条盾
fortunately, we have vase paintings that show us Persians.

很幸运我们找到了展示波斯人图景的花瓶
For one thing they're not dressed like civilized people in a dress,

首先他们的衣着和文明人不同
they're wearing pants.

他们穿短裤
But their shields are made of wicker

而他们的盾是用藤条做的
and they don't have that kind of metal body armor and all that stuff.

同时他们也没有金属装甲和其他护具
So, you could blow through that infantry like butter.

所以跟他们战斗就跟狂风扫落叶一般
Probably never that easy but really,

也许不是那么的容易