... the ... Are we talking about Magnesia here? If so, my recollection is that we are not certain whether it was a Roman legion or an allied Italian legion...
... Nice to see a primary source ;-) ... *cough* ... Ah, yes. Ridden down by Alarics (probably) mainly infantry army IIRC. ... This all happened about 50 years...
... Erm, that'd be Alaric the _Goth_ wouldn't it? About 50 years before Gaiseric the _Vandal_ sacked Rome. ... Because of what they did to Rome the city rather...
... And if it was Magnesia then weren't the Romans on that flank outflanked as they only had 4 units (ala?) of cavalry between them and the river that were...
... Not just the few cavalry IIRC but also the left flank of the infantry. Nik Gaukroger "Sell your life on eBay, there are thousands of wargamers who'd like...
If Magnesia then the Seleucid complement of Cataphracts was 2,000 catphract 'Companions' Kn(F) and 6,000 Asiatic (Iranian / Armenian) cataphracts Kn(X)....
... umm, whoops..., yes, erhm... ... .. well, I'll be buggered. ... Yes, well, ...I WAS about to make the (silly?) suggestion that ALL knights receive the...
... Or perhaps knights, or "wedge" knights in particular, ignore the 1st foot overlap (and only the first). This way they would be more reluctant to tackle a...
Hi All, Could anyone help with a question on war wagon group movement please. If I have a group of WWg in a line, that is, end to end with the long edges ...
John said , Well common sense is just plain wrong then isn't it. Im not saying they would kill / defeat them all but they would certainly run through the line....
________________________________ From: DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Kloosterman Now if we have a dense formation...
... OK, so WWg in column facing a short table edge. ... No. As you say, they can't move sideways as a group (p28). In fact, they can't even move sideways as...
... Absolutely (almost flat out) and obstacles, hills , disorder will prevent knights doing this. Which will eliminate there impact. Hastings had a fairly...
Many thanks John - that’s basically how I had read it (except had missed the bit about pivots & wheels in the single element moves section - and had thought...
... Yes Civitate. And the '700' Swabian swordsmen, with no terrain advantage, held off '2000' Norman milites whilst in a thin line (3 to 4 ranks deep...
... does ... examples ... that ... So common sense and logic may say they had no chance, but hard cold fact says they did. I think you are overstating the...
For those not on the Shattered Lances list.. (culled from several posts) I'll repeat my question.. Are there any other primary sources than Arrian that say...
Hello All Battle Report Muslim Indians v Maurikian Byzantines Using Feb 22 version of DBMM The battle was fought on the East-West axis of the table. Terrain:...
... This is at Bouvines, IIRC. At Courtrai, Verbruggen I think calculates 8 deep, and they were very deep indeed at Arques, almost a proto-Swiss column. ...
Ben, I'm confused, this table appears to have horses moving at between 30 and 60 km/hr? A gallop is 20-24 km/hr (5.5-6.7 m/s) and you have to stand in the...
... Several big flaws in this argument: 1. Horses don't go this fast 2. Horses are not bowling balls, and men are not skittles 3. Horses won't charge into...
Currently: "Neither side can deploy light troops, Cavalry (O) [or if single-based, (I)], a general's element grouped with these or Baggage (F) less than 400p...
Hello Tom , Where you get that from ? Are they marching figures ? A man runs at 30km/ h ( 100 m in 12 seconds) .. so 20-24 is not fast for a horse !! From ...
<snip> Several big flaws in this argument: 1. Horses don't go this fast See last mail , they can go faster .. 2. Horses are not bowling balls, and men are not...
Hi Guys, Had a Wars of the Roses Game. 125Ap each. 1800mm x 1200 mm table (3x2 foot). Both armies had the bulk of their troops as Bd and Bw, with each having a...
Thought I'd comment on the section DBMM 100 This is an alternative to DBA, played with 75-120 AP armies. Each army has only 1 general, the C-in-C, who's extra...
... Much improved, except that the original said "other land elements", implying naval can go rght up to the edge, where you have "other troops". cheers, ...
... Does Arrian actually say that the depth used against the Alans was especially deep? IIRC it was 8 ranks of legionaries backed by 1 rank of foot and another...
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