Quote Originally Posted by abou
Pheraspides were originally concepted as Hypaspistai in assault gear (hence the invented name); however, further research has determined that there was a third component in the elites - a sort of bastard child of a threeway between phalangites, peltastai, and hypaspistai. Essentially, the Pheraspides are the non-phalangite Peltastai, but different from the skirmisher Peltastai that wield the thureos. So in EB 1.1 expect a change.

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