I hear it coming, seriously. It's far away, but I can hear it.
I can hear the preview, like the subway in the tunnel
"When the candles are out all women are fair."
-Plutarch, Coniugia Praecepta 46
BANG! Hit by the train! Amazing how much members on this forum know about ancient military equipment, looking at the answers from the quiz:) Seem like we aint gonna wait forever for even more:p
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
- Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος
Amazing!
Exegi monumentum aere perennius
Regalique situ pyramidum altius
Non omnis moriar
- Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Yeah, it turned out pretty well, didn't it?
I wouldn`t have him in my phalanx. Too skinny...
But good art:p
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
- Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος
He was skinny too.
He kinda looks like the caveman from the Geico comercials.
"Its so easy even a Makedonian can do it!"
"I've got good news. I just saved a bunch of mnai on my hippo insurance by switching to Greco."
:)
Last edited by antisocialmunky; 08-18-2009 at 03:27.
Fighting isn't about winning, it's about depriving your enemy of all options except to lose.
"Hi, Billy Mays Here!" 1958-2009
My guess is that he is a Baktrian. A very nice picture anyway!
Pretty damn sweet picture.
I has two balloons!
Whats that strange cup object? Aside from being a cup obviously.
Last edited by bobbin; 08-18-2009 at 16:05.
wine cup ... to have a nice drink after the battle ..
I was addressing your question whether he was a Phalangite, Hypaspist or Peltastai Makedonikoi.
If he has a standard, he is a standard bearer.
Regarding the shield on his right, the image was mirrored because of another detail (originally he had its shield on his left as it should be). It can be excused because the phalangite is not represented on a combat stance, and is resting (having a sip as you can see ). Thus, he might have found more comfortable to have the heavy shield in his stronger right arm while his sword is sheathed.
Last edited by -Praetor-; 08-18-2009 at 16:33.
awesome!
so he's for all helenic elite infantry? like not only hypaspists but also spartans, Chalkaspides TABs and those bactrian noble hoplites(oh and all much more obvious units ;) )
"Who fights can lose, who doesn't fight has already lost."
- Pyrrhus of Epirus
"Durch diese hohle Gasse muss er kommen..."
- Leonidas of Sparta
"People called Romanes they go the House"
- Alaric the Visigoth
Merlkir said this when asked about the picture on the Mount&Blade forums which he frequents.Originally Posted by Merlkir
Fat phalangites. Now we know why phalanxes were so missile resistent...
Fighting isn't about winning, it's about depriving your enemy of all options except to lose.
"Hi, Billy Mays Here!" 1958-2009
Whats up with people taking offence for the skinny comment? You never saw Conan the Barbarian?
But your right abou, by my standards far to much food to build legionary muscles:p
The roman legionaries after Marius carried their own corn. Dont know much about how the greek army rations. Would like to be enlightened. Ancient soldiers usually ate very little meat (except Conan), no potatoes, and many vegetables hadnt come from the Americas yet. Read somewhere that gladiators in Ephesos were vegetarians!!!
The ancient statues show muscular men usually. But the hellenistic compared to the classic and roman statues are usualy skinnier. However, no proof of how people realy looked, just the ideals.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
- Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος
Err... Roman statues were usually copies of Hellenistic ones. And a the diet of the average Roman soldier would have been the same as a Hellenistic soldier: bread.
Last edited by abou; 08-19-2009 at 19:33.
Wait, I thought all Romans had beer bellies and wore bronze cuirasses? Isn't just the Proconsul of Judaea that did it?
Typical Roman on the left:
Last edited by A Terribly Harmful Name; 08-19-2009 at 19:43.
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