Machimoi Epilektoi ?
They are mentioned somewhere in the descriptions but they do not appear to be recruitable why ?????
Also why the machimoi aren't bearing the traditional egyptian headgear ? Will this be changed for EB2 ?
Would Machimoi revolted kingdom in Thebes had re-installed old egyptian military practices like chariotry ?
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Re: Machimoi Epilektoi ?
Why the **** would they re-introduce something that grossly archaic and pointless ? It's not like the old charioteer aristocracy had been around for centuries anymore anyway.Originally Posted by Gertrude
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Re: Machimoi Epilektoi ?
Because they wanted to resurect all the aspects of "true" Egypt before the decline ?
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Didn't have any effect, whatsoever I believe.
Besides, why take up an entire unit slot just to represent one rebellion.
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Re: Machimoi Epilektoi ?
Their problem. In any case they would have been direly lacking the entire rather large, complex and specialised infrastructure the raising and maintaining of the great chariot fleets of olden times required - nevermind now that cavalry was by far more cost-effective, so that contemporary armies in the East wielded easily ten times the number of horsemen compared to the chariotry the Late Bronze Age empires could mobilize at their heydays.
"Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. --- Proof of the existence of the FSM, if needed, can be found in the recent uptick of global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Apparently His Pastaness is to be worshipped in full pirate regalia. The decline in worldwide pirate population over the past 200 years directly corresponds with the increase in global temperature. Here is a graph to illustrate the point."
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So what the army of the revolted egyptians of the ptolemaic would have looked like ? what would have been their elites ?
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..what elites?
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I think what Hax and Watchman are trying to say is that the any Egyptian natives that rebelled against the Ptolemaic Dynasty would have been poor farmers and the pesantry of the countryside ( correct me if Im wrong here guys) so they would not have had any "elite" troops as you put it. That means no elite infantry, heavy cavalry or Chariotieers (Egyptology is not a strong point of mine so anyone with a better understanding of what he is asking please feel free to correct me!).
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