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... [AB] Are you sure it is Telamon he is referring to? A little after Telamon there was a battle against the Gauls where the Hastati were issued hasta taken...
I am pretty sure that it was Telamon, but I need to go back and check. I also think that it was in Dionysus. I do remember both the Polybios and Plutarch...
Hello All: Were the Romans able to produce a paint or dye somewhat darker than French Ultramarine? I'm about to paint up a Praetorian unit (Gripping Beast),...
Yes- they had access to Indigo dye. As the name suggests this was imported from India so was something of a luxury, but perhaps appropriate for a Praetorian...
Indigo may have been used http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/indigo.html Pliny gives details but I'm having problems getting onto the online version...
... IMvHO this sounds like the more likely tactic. The wind-up to deliver a cleaving blow over an opponents shield, would probably expose the flank to a...
... Indigo and Woad both produce the same chemical, which gives a blue colour when fixed. So once you've died the cloth, there's no difference. Indigo produces...
... This comment really surprised me - it would never have occurred to me that anyone would join the SoA *before* getting into ancient/medieval gaming. Either...
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... [AB] Have just flicked through Sekunda's Ospreys on the subject (Early Roman Armies & Rep Roman Armies) and couldn't see any reference to hastati using...
... [AB] Indeed. However the more frequently reported Roman tactic was to catch the sword blow on the reinforced rim of the shield, close under the Gaul's...
... I suppose it could have been a counter to a Gallic counter to the shield-rim parry: Iit's possible to reach the head over a quinte parry at sabre by...
... The reference in Sekunda's Osprey is on p. 33, under the second column "The Gallic Invasions", 3rd sentence: "We know, for instance, that a different sort...
... Levant - ... Sorry for the confusion. The theme above is only for the PAWS Autumn DBA. The English DBA Open does not have a theme. As in previous years, ...
from UK Old Book News: Thornton's Bookshop of Oxford are currently listing the books from the library of Professor Harry Saggs, who was one of Britain's...
... [AB] Interesting idea. Given that the best warriors of the Insubres would have died at Telamon a year or so before, I guess it is quite possible that the...
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... From: "saint_sicarii" <saint_sicarii@...> To: <ancmed@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:45 PM Subject: [ancmed] Re: Hasta at Telamon ...
... [AB] Found it! Thanks for this. ... [AB] The only account of Telamon I am aware of is that of Polybios and he certainly doesn't refer to the Hastati as...
... <<snip>> ... How exclusive are the Maniple and Phalanx in the ability to fight in one and not be able to use the other? From what I understand the Triarii...
I am wondering when the Latin Alae became a permanent part of the Republican Roman army. I know that the Latins often fought along side of the Romans during ...
Hello again! i was a member here a while ago, before getting out of ancients (I got tired of DBM grinds and lost my opponent who didn't play DBM). But now I am...
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To judge the available shades, open your wardrobe and look at any pairs of blue denim jeans you have, they use the same blue dye (well synthetic copies...
