Saturday 25 September 2021

The Persians are coming: Babylonian spearmen and Caladean archers - posted by Dirk Heinsius, 20 September 2021

The Persians are coming......

Babylonian Spearmen, with supporting Caladean Archers.

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Philip Gates
Are you going to be able to fit all these bits and pieces into 450 points?
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  • Dirk Heinsius
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    Philip Gates Easy, most of it is cheap, and I only get penny packets of most troop types.
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  • Alastair Donald
    Herodotus: “Now the Persians were neither less valorous nor weaker, but they had no armor; moreover, since they were unskilled and no match for their adversaries in craft, they would rush out singly and in tens or in groups great or small, hurling themselves on the Spartans and so perishing.” 63. Hmmm. Penny packets…
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    • Dirk Heinsius
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      Herodotus 9.61 “…many of their men were killed and many more wounded, for the Persians had made a barricade of their wicker shields and from the protection of it were shooting arrows in such number that the Spartan troops were in serious distress…”
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  • Alastair Donald
    Out of 10,000 Lakedamonians at Plataea, they had 91 killed. Athenian propaganda told to Herodotos.
Vincent Cholewa
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I am sure they are meant to be a by rivers in Babylon
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