... And Demetrios Poliorcetes famously had a ballista-proof iron breastplate for use during his siege operations. I suspect only kings had iron helmets and...
... This is what happens when you don't use footnotes :-) Don't you have an annotated AMPW locked away in a top secret underground complex somewhere?...
... Talking of books about Alexander, has anyone else read 'Alexander the Great Failure' by John Grainger? Just read this having borrowed it from the library,...
I've always treated them as berserks ... which occur in many cultures. Very high morale, good shock value, ignore wounds, and collapse suddenly. Best to shoot...
But Rocky the Gaesati - as fighting against the early Roman Republic were described as warrior bands or brotherhoods and their depiction at Telemon would...
How big where Celtic chariots? The reason I ask is that I have a few 25mm chariots from various manufacturers and the size varies quite a bit. I remember...
Hello All: I'm considering adding a unit of gladiators to my WAB army. I'm going to treat them as Auxilia as far as the rules go. Difficulty is what figurines...
Hi As far as I know the "gladiator legion" was armed and armored in the usual way. I doubt there was any difference with individuals. The only "specials" that...
... From: "Jacques Gerber" <BotanyJacques@...> To: <ancmed@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:28 AM Subject: [ancmed] Gladiators ... I think...
Rather boringly, it depends what you mean by 'Celtic' and of what date and where. Again, boringly, the next question is 'will bloated, misshapen wargames...
New line available: http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/frankish.html Models initially released seek to make the 1066 army, as we already market Vikings and...
... I think there's a section in the work on 69AD (Tacitus? It's been a while since I last read it) where he contrasts Gladiators with "regular" legions - the...
... It's Appian (Civil Wars V.33), on the "Perusine" war in 41-40 BC: - "While these works were under construction there were frequent sorties and fights, in...
... I did an article for Slingshot a few years back, where I tried to review the archaeological evidence, and then compare as many manufacturers models as...
Haven't seen the '15 mm' examples but I suspect the scale vs robustness issues will be the same (perhaps not quite so bad). Accuracy in general is also...
... You might get dimensions from these websites: http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/chariot_burials/index.htm www.mikeloades.co.uk/cms/images/British_Chariot.pdf...
Richard, Can you give us the real size that you found for Celtic chariots. I realize that this would vary but... Most of us could just measure the various...
There are a fair quantity of dimensions in the website cited and usefully the wheels of two-wheeled light carts in the La Tene are usually c. 80-90 cm in...
... Very short! There's a Macedonian cemetery used from 900-300 BC in which every male was over 5'7". Medieval burials show people much the same size as now....
Well, it depends on a lot of things but social status and regular food helps ... You'll notice one of the occupants in the Yorkshire Iron Age burials was...
Nik wrote: I can hear Stephen's girly squeal of delight from here. Well as my name is spelt Steven not Stephen, you cannot be referring to me. Plus I have a...
57"? I think you must mean 67"? Well I knew someone would complain about this assumed miss information. People vary, I picked a simple average. 5'6". I was...
In a message dated 5/7/2009 11:12:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ... height is subjective and people can be thrown, I'm only 6'1" but people think I'm tall...
I measured the only Celtic model chariot I have. It is a Foundry. The wheels are 15.5mm in diameter. With 5ft / inch scale that puts them right at 1 meter So a...
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