Interesting to see that the kind of sectarianism that helped bring down the Byzantine empire is still in fashion ;o) ... monastery, on Mount Athos, declared...
... The Carpaccio shows an archer on foot with a composite bow. I wonder if there's any connection with Commynes' statement that stradiots are cavalry...
Was the ancient Roman skirmisher's _parma_ gripped in a fist grip like the scutum or a medieval buckler, or was it attached to the forearm like a shield?...
2008-07-01 14:08 Ancient Roman ramming tool found Bronze rostrum found in sea off Sicily may be from Punic War (ANSA) - Palermo, July 1 - An extremely rare...
As a starting point, Osprey have a volume on the Moors, also Armies of Islam and Armies of the Muslim Conquest. At 28mm, the figure ranges would be Gripping...
Two further modern references to Stadiots with bows David Nicolle (Osprey Campaign Fornovo 1495) says that some stradiots had bows, citing "Venetian sources"...
Interesting observation Rocky - a bit like 'Cretan' or 'Iberian' or 'Tarantine' in the Hellenistic period. I have seen various contemporary Italian C14th/C15th...
Hi From Mark Fry: Interesting observation Rocky - a bit like 'Cretan' or 'Iberian' or 'Tarantine' in the Hellenistic period. I have seen various contemporary...
Taylor, in "The Renaissance at War" says that it's not at all clear that mounted crossbowmen didn't get off their horses to use the bows. I've also read (think...
Hi Mark Actually, there is a tradtion in the middle ages for italian city states to use comp bow archers behind their scutati in thematic practice. There are...
CULTURE: EURIPIDES' 'LOST TRAGEDY' TO BE STAGED AT EPHESUS (ANSAmed) - ANKARA, JULY 2 - "Phaethon", a recently discovered tragedy written by a prominent...
ARCHAEOLOGY: EGYPT'S LATE PERIOD WOODEN COFFINS DISCOVERED (ANSAmed) - CAIRO, JUNE 27 - A group of colored wooden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Late...
Archaeology - Hidden City Provides Fascinating Insight into the Structures of Hellenistic Settlements The discovery of an ancient city buried beneath the sands...
Hi Mark ... I've always been intrigued (as a former Carpaccio specialist) with the citing of the figure from the St. Ursula paintings ... but it has always...
2008-07-03 18:34 Tempest over Valley of the Temples Privatization plan sparks protests (ANSA) - Palermo, July 3 - A proposal to privatize the management of the...
Disappearing Frescoes, Thefts and Illegal Dumps As Pompeii Crumbles Stones and paintings missing. Finds in museum closed for thirty years. Neglect means...
Hi Pepys I'm after putting together a Late Roman Army as described in PB's Army Lists for WRG 6th (going to a competition in July, October and November this...
Hi Phil, there are several refrences to the screened fire/comp bow thing in italy. I refrenced one of them in a previous post. The short version is that at...
Good grief...they should hand Pompeii over to Disney Corp. They'd soon sort the place out and make it work...three toilets!! What? Still in the Dark Ages??? ...
Hi When you look at other gamer's pics of their Marian Romans, they sometimes have single coloured shields (red for example) and sometimes they are decorated...
Hi Phil, Unfortunately I don't believe we know whether in that period units had plain shield or common designs (although there are one or two images of...
Thanks Simon... that's exactly what I was thinking... LBMS for the veterans and my rubbishy old plain painting for the rest. Cheers Phil ... had plain shield...
... states to use comp bow archers behind their scutati in thematic practice. ... Could you provide more extensive references for this--i.e. more detailed...
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