I notice that there is a new osprey book on the punic wars by Nigel Bagnall. Has anyone read it? David Dearlove ... E-mail Confidentiality Notice and...
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This is drifting away from ancients and medieval, fast! However, this has applied to warfare and warriors throughout history: Training. I'll make some comments...
George Laiacona III
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Mar 1, 2002 2:28 pm
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... No; haven't even read Bagnall's earlier book of the same title, I'm sorry to say. But: having not long got Goldsworthy's Cannae, I discovered from a book...
... Yes.... let's be careful! However, I can appreciate that we suffer from a dearth of direct experiences of the psychology of ancient warfare, and can thus...
One stat that came out of Marshall's book was that crew served weapons always actively fought. He thinks it was because of the close contact and the feeling...
and threw all copies of Pyrrhus' ... I believe the only line that survives goes something like: Thursday 12th, Corinth today. Thought of a foolproof way of...
Makes sense to me too. Therefore the chariot attack formation would approach in column, and then wheel down the front of the enemies line of battle, hurling...
I would have to read that to come to grips with his points. But IIRC the first large cases of shellshock started coming at Verdun, where the opposing troops...
... us ... family, ... I personally feel the belief in an after life would have been far stronger then than now. Having large families, accepting some / most...
Grant Dinse
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Mar 1, 2002 9:37 pm
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Hi This is a plea for help. Ive just obtained a Trojan troop ship and I know about the colours for the ship itself [tar below the waterline and blue above] but...
In a message dated 3/1/2002 7:09:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Not that I have seen, but the do have a SWEET one on Viking Longships that was just released....
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Mar 1, 2002 11:59 pm
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I buy the cardboard storage boxes from Office Depot or Staples. Cut them to 3",4",6" depending on height of figs. Glue steel flashing cut to length to inside...
Mike Smolik
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Mar 2, 2002 1:25 am
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This is a second run through of our current book list on on Ancient and Medieval history. Each book will be sold on a first come first serve basis. Just email...
Hi, Just got a top-up order from Essex plus new catalogue. Whilst idly browsing through (as you do...) I noticed in their Late Imp Roman range "RO51a ...
I have started doing something similar to this. What I do different is I buy boxes with the flap type top, 2 or 4 inch depth. I do however mount the sheet...
I have been looking for Bagnall's earlier work for some time. Here is the link to the opsrey release on the Essential Histories Series book by Bagnall....
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Mike Smolik
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Mar 3, 2002 12:32 am
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Mar 3, 2002 12:33 am
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Hello everybody In an advertisement quite unrelated to ancient warfare, I came across the picture of an ancient Egyptian chariot where the charioteer used a...
Greetings, ... A right handed archer or spear-thrower shooting to the left is easier, a spear thower (sheild bearer) can keep his shield closer to the enemy in...
Has anybody read this? Gaebel, Robert E. Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. Pp. 368. $34.95. ISBN ...
Hi, Steven, I guess we wargamers "wheel" our units because its always been done that way. Tradition. Now I can see that the traditional way of wheeling must...
... This is NOT a typical hoplite army. It as A hoplite army, and a far from tyopical one. ... Not exactly so. The manuals actually say it could be 8, 12 or 16...
