In the Greek city-states of the Archaic period, the "tropaion" would be set up on the battlefield itself, usually at the site of the "turning point" (Gk. "tropê") at which the routed enemy's phalanx broke, turned and ran. It would be dressed in the typical hoplite of the period, including (at different times), a helmet, cuirass (either of bronze or linen), and a number of shields, etc., would be piled about the base. It remained on the battlefield until the following season's campaigns (since battles were often fought in the same, relatively few plains amid Greece's numerous mountains), where it might be replaced with a new trophy.