JIm, I think I was thinking Ducetius the Sicel (around 440BC) who allied with Syracuse, then fought Syracuse. Wikipedia has a little stuff, but there is also...
Ian, Your comments don't follow from what you quoted. The suggestion was that an invader from the south would have their horses back in condition sooner...
Wasn't there a time when over 100 would compete at CanCon? Now we are at less than 30? DR: In 2005 there were 76 DBM players at CanCon - I understand there ...
... Because they have a near universal recognitian amongst gamers and non-gamers. Nik Gaukroger "Sacrificing minions: Is there any problem it can't solve?" -...
... The more I browsed the web yesterday, the more references I found to the Sikels being fairly Hellenised by the 5th century - they certainly produce some...
... in Spring. ... affected. So the 3 Irr LH scouts in the Urartian list will be starving, while the rest of the mounted, Cv O and Kn O, in quantity, will be...
... From a NZ Discussion Group (posted by a New Zealand DBR player who went to CanCon: " There were 14 players in the DBR event, there should have been 15 but...
... discouraged though :-( ... crowd are discussing theoretical forage availability in cold weather zones. ... for DBMM :-) ... That some people are focused on...
... Marketing again - everyone has heard of them and (in western europe at least), everyone relates to them because they learn about them in school. Chichimec...
... battle? It would obviously be a bit pointless for an invader to nominate spring if his nomad opponent could automatically veto the option. ... prior to...
... support ... wonder ... I don't believe this problem only affects horses from the steppe. I understand that in feudal England malnutrition of the human ...
... I don't think Urartu will have a Cold climate - I think it changes along with many other lists, to Cool. ... Presumably the cavalry horses are stabled and...
... there ... that ... went to ... but one ... further 29 in ... sizable ... Then there ... DR: At godendag this year were 28 DBM teams and 24 Field of Glory ...
Just for background, Cancon is the largest wargames event in Australia, and possibly anywhere south of the Equator. I don't have exact numbers, but we get...
... "Not long afterwards three hundred cavalry came to them from Egesta, and about a hundred from the Sicels, Naxians, and others" - Thucydides 6.98. Duncan...
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