John Davies of MAWS has designed a neat one day DBMM campaign for this period. I think it's both simple and clear and I'm sure it is adaptable for other rules...
Just a thought: In Greek phalanxes at least the most experienced, best soldiers were placed in front, not back. These soldiers would not need a big incentive...
Units break up from the rear. One reason why Byzantines put their best men in the first and rearmost rank was to "close" the formation and prevent this rear...
The sacred band of thebes that broke the Spartans. Small group 50 deep, drove into flank unit and broke the line. ________________________________ From: Merlin...
And also poor beyond belief, especially with the economy now in the toilet. Note that this is being held in a basement room (how flashy!) and no fee is being...
... From: "Jeff Zorn" <jrz3@...> ... Probably not Doug. Nik Gaukroger "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does, he will tell you. If he...
'Small' meaning 300 strong. I once put a query in Slingshot asking whether the view was that the Sacred Band literally fought as a 6x50 column or whether they...
Now that was a typical case of parallel and inovative thinking, Rob. I mean it. I never even thought of that possibility, and I wonder how many have actually...
Hi The issue isn't the sacred band! It is clear that starting in the 4th century, phalanx are 8 deep and the units get progressively deeper. 50 is the...
... In the 5th century the Sacred Band (or its precursor) formed the front rank of the phalanx - "On the Boeotian side, the Thebans were drawn up on the right...
... It isn't all that clear, really. See Pritchett at http://tinyurl.com/yj2vt7r for a summary of the evidence on depth. The sources don't really give us...
I can't believe in a formation 50 deep by 6 wide, nope: I'd go for the theory of 300 men forming the front ranks of a larger, 50-deep formation.... Doug...
I seem to remember from some source they formed they flank of the fifty deep phalanx that was exposed. Similar to the macedonian hypaspists. Phillip spent...
... It would be possible to place 6 files on the flank of a larger formation e.g. on the left to counter shield-side drift and cover the open flank. That said,...
I seem to have misplaced my copy of Hamblin's article “Sassanian Military Science and its Transmission to the Arabs”; (wife, new bookshelf, reindex of my...
If you like the Landmark series (Herodotus; Thucydides) a new one is now available. Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika Cheers Danny Weitz [Non-text portions of this...
Thanks. Yes, Strabo Book XV has some information, but it’s later, moty IIRC being based on Nearchus. This has a little information (contextual): 'India: from...
J.F. Lazenby in his 'The Spartan Army' presents the most cogent recreation of Leuktra (imo). The normal method of Spartan attack, since first Mantinea, was to...
Hi Rocky, I was trying to make the point that not only would a deep formation pressing upon the front ranks be physically harmful if not fatal to those...
... Have you looked at "A Military History of Ancient India" by Maj Gen (ret) Gurcharn Singh Sandhu? It's an overview of military history with related...
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cambyses-army-remains-sahara.html?dtc=dsc-hp-drl-dn-news [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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