On the contrary, it is not possible to associate it directly with the economic development of the Greek cities. However, it has been said that war campaigns intensified weapon production, due to the increased demand of weapons, especially after the prevalence of the hoplite phalanx. Still, there is no certain proof thereupon. Irrespective of the accuracy of the above statement though, something that can not be overlooked is that war resulted in the coercive exploitation of the animate and inanimate potentialities of the defeated city: that is enslavement of the people and selling of the inhabitants in the slave markets, destruction of the cultivation, stealing of supplies and pillage.