... some ... pal ... if ... tell ... sources) ... a ... in ... Hi chaps, There's also a later reference (Theophanes or Theophylact Simocatta) to a unit called...
Peter wrote: I had to smile here Steve.:) We can make figures say anything in the ... Well if you were smiling, I was laughing while I was doing it. I got the...
In message <bnvqv5+udi8@eGroups.com>, mattiemc2000 <matthew_coote@...> writes ... It's described in Arabic sources, 4000 strong in al-Baladhuri. ... ...
Hi Matt, That sounds an interesting thread, could you send them to me as well. I'll go and re-read the SoA article too. I also had another old article that...
Hi Trev & Danielle, I found Chris' article on the web - excellent work & very useful as a pointer to source material that I hadn't encountered before. Here's...
I would have thought the best idea would be to have the elephants towing artillery, which could be dropped off at the start of the battle. This raises an...
Romans mounted bolt throwers on carts. Forget my source, Arrian? Carl Luxford ... From: Peter Morrison To: ancmed@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 01,...
The calendar section has been updated to give as much detail as we have at present concerning next years events. As further venues and dates are confirmed...
The recent comments by Matt Coote and Nigel Tallis have spurred me to add something. Following-on from my own research and discussions with others (Matt Coote,...
I think we may be in danger of reading too much into the discussion... The pushtighban (or similar) is something of a red herring I think, the term means...
In message <bo31j3+p5vf@eGroups.com>, Phil Halewood <philhalewd@...> writes ... Heliodorus might be mixing in Achaemenid material here, but the treatment...
Yesterday ,despite my best endeavours, I bought into another 25mm army. I saw the curtey miniature sung chinese at Skelp in Kirriemuir amd just had to buy! ...
... interpretation; ... Point taken, but ammianus certainly isn't. ... officers ... hat ... (aka ... top ... idea ... others ... I've used rectangular but the...
In message <bo360j+u7rp@eGroups.com>, Phil Halewood <philhalewd@...> writes ... He _is_ used far too uncritically :) ... The sources for the Persians in...
In response to Nigel, I must admit to being somewhat envious of your access to Arabic sources in the original. Unfortunately I don't have Arabic or Greek. The...
Yes, this was indeed a rather tongue in cheek title, although Gibbon believed that the Sasanians were aware of their Achaemenid heritage and sought to...
In message <bo39s5+t2l2@eGroups.com>, Phil Halewood <philhalewd@...> writes ... That's the idea - though I think there's been something of a reaction ...
... Really large Chinese armies also seem to have had multiple axes of advance and might be more readily thought of as multiple separate armies making...
I've never heard of them- do they have a web-presence or a catalogue somewhere? Olaf ... From: alangruber To: ancmed@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 02,...
... Outpost produce the figure in 15mm and they are seen in DBM Khmer armies with regularity. Been there, plotted that ... :-) Nik Gaukroger "When testing the...
In message <bo53j9+ed5i@eGroups.com>, Duncan Head <Duncan.Head@...> writes ... Don't want to be a killjoy, but SN5a Clibanarii seems to include two ...
Well spotted :) We all know the were-gamers are out there and do not require a full moon (of any kind) to work their dire influence. Luxor (goin' paranoid...
