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... Fascinating idea. The very protocol conscious Romans might make distinctions along those lines since it could imply a difference in legal rights. James -- ...
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This thread reminds me of a barracks block I saw in the summer, in Housesteads fort. One of the original Hadrianic blocks was later rebuilt as a row of small,...
A problem I have with Military Miniature is this. Sculptors get the uniform and equipment right, but then pose figures in ways that real soldiers would never...
Neither Agathias nor Menander have much respect for the military effectiveness of military servants in the Sassanid army. Agathias - The Histories, Frendo...
... the ... ...cough, cough. Most sculptors do not get various NE and Central Asian 'right'. OTOH, good luck with the project. (Note that it's very hard to...
... I'm not sure I agree: The passage could be read as the Sassanid cavalry having a supporting *line* of infantry, behind which came a line of elephants. The...
I am afraid that the Chevalier of Rhodes takes the calone part out of context. The passage using calone is, otherwise, a passage which praises Persian...
... Just a moment there my friend! The sentence praising discipline immediately precedes the one that states that they especially rely upon their *cavalry*. ...
Liutprand of Cremona: Report of his Mission to Constantinople 968 AD Note: We first hear of Liutprand at the court of Berengar and Willa, who, in the middle of...
... And to be fair John we have already determined that this reading is just one possible interpretation... I am curious how a line of horse defends all day. ...
... hmm... Looks like John is letting his prejudices show.... I see several pieces of evidence: 1) we have accounts suggesting that at least some Sassanian...
... And to be fair to myself, I have already said that. A line of horse could fairly easily defend all day the same way French Cuirassier squadrons pinned...
I thought that Cuneus was a wedge, and may have come form a wedge of the colliseum crowd suggesting a mob rather than a 'wedge' in the formation sense? I...
... Very perceptive of you Doug but it seems rather to me that my fairly neutral cautionary note has provoked a furore from the Sassanid infantry lobby. I...
... sense ... if ... louder ... I think that one or two separate components of evidence could be disregarded or contradicted - I see no actual contradiction of...
... Fair point IMO. The fact that the infantry are described as obeying orders like servants is a major distinction from the (more important) cavalry and may...
... Don't we all, and I'm afraid I think you do below. ... As disciplined as soldiers servants anyway. IMO there is no definite way we can say that this is...
... IIRC we have only one detailed account of the equipment of these and that relating to a reign where organisation was unusually controlled. As the Sasnid...
... out of ... which ... And the very next sentence of Ammianus goes: "sequiturque semper haec turba tamquam addicta perenni servitio nec stipendiis aliquando ...
... same ... use ... Err, no. Argentorate: in modum mirmillonis operiens hostium latera, quae nudabat ira flagrantior, districtis gladiis perforabat. Roman...
An old lawyer once suggested that I ask how things work if I was interested in determining whether or not a witness was truthful. Why is it assumed that the...
Forgot to quote. Sorry: "Baram (sic) broke camp at daylight and retired towards difficult country which was steep and unsuitable for cavalry ..." Theophylact,...
From: "Subodai Bahadur" <tsubodai@...> ... If any. The quote does not give enough details to say where the cavalry and infantry fought in relation to...
From: "Subodai Bahadur" <tsubodai@...> ... Why would it be the same? It is a different army after all. If talking about this period of history rather...
Several responses, I suppose. I. Drawing rational inferences from sources that are not as clear as one would want is necessary to the development of wargaming...
