Tell us about the army and the wars of the Achaeans.

The Mycenaean kings sought to seize other people’s wealth and for this they made campaigns. If they were lucky, they would return home with rich booty. Noble Achaeans fought in chariots. Bronze shells protected them from enemy attacks. And ordinary soldiers were infantrymen, they were protected only by leather breastplates. The largest and most famous war waged by the Achaeans was the Trojan War. King Agamemnon of Mycenae created a union of the Achaean states, which made a sea campaign against Troy, a city in the northwest of Asia Minor. After a long siege, the Greeks captured and destroyed the city.