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    Default Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    I found these interesting flash animations that simulate the events of two famous battles, the ones of Zama and Pidna.

    Battle of Pidna, 168 BC, between the Romans led by Lucius Emilius Paulus Macedonicus and the Macedonians led by king Perseos:

    http://www.phpnukemaximus.it/maxit/m...ation&op=Pidna

    Battle of Zama, 201 BC, between the Carthaginians led by general Hannibal Barca and the Romans led by consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, aided by Massinissa king of Numidia:

    http://www.phpnukemaximus.it/maxit/m...mation&op=Zama

    The only problem is that text is in Italian, so playing the button "play" (the single triangle) will make you read pages of descriptions that probably you won't understand, unless you are Itailians or know Italian.
    The only thing to do thus is to simply press the "next page" button (double triangles) and see coloured pixels moving up and down around the screen, skipping texts.

    Names, even if in Italian, are clearly understandable, however.
    I mean, you don't need to have learnt Italian to recognize that words like "Astati", "Cartaginesi", "Celti" or "Ipaspisti" mean "Hastati", "Carthaginians", "Celts" and "Hypaspistai".
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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    Cool. Nice find!
    Very dramatic with all that epic music.
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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    Davvero molto bello. E le ricostruzioni mi sembrano anke molto buone.
    Great job whoever the creator is!


    Italians do it better! Chi dice donna dice guai. Abbi donna di te minore, se vuoi essere signore. Donne e buoi dei paesi tuoi. Fiume, grondaia e donna parlatora mandano l'uomo di casa fuora.
    And my personal favorite: "Non rimuovere il confine antico fissato dai tuoi padri". In english: "Do not remove the anchent border placed by your fathers". It looses something in the translation......

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    Oh god. I wonder where i heard that music? :p

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    Sounds like Pirates of the Caribbean. Weird.

    Anyways, good find!
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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    i'm 90% shure it's from The Gladiator


    Italians do it better! Chi dice donna dice guai. Abbi donna di te minore, se vuoi essere signore. Donne e buoi dei paesi tuoi. Fiume, grondaia e donna parlatora mandano l'uomo di casa fuora.
    And my personal favorite: "Non rimuovere il confine antico fissato dai tuoi padri". In english: "Do not remove the anchent border placed by your fathers". It looses something in the translation......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrus View Post
    i'm 90% shure it's from The Gladiator
    I was thinking the same.

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    Me thinks the music is either from Gladiator, Band of Brothers, or Pearl Harbour.

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    The music of the battle of Zama is definetely from Gladiator. You even get to hear Maximus saying "Roma Invicta!" (or Roma Victor, never quite understood it). As for the other battle i dunno since i cant open the link.

    Just a question though (about the battle of zama): the darkest blue bar, the one representing Hannibal's elite mercenaries - isnt it too big in comparison to the one representing Carthage's regular troops (the one in the middle)? Wasnt most of Hannibal's army made up of these regulars?

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    it's like watching tetris lol

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    Very nicely done! BTW, some of the sound effects are from Caesar III (namely those from Zama)

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    That was like watching Tetris, no Arkanoid, actually missile defence but alas I did pick it up, wasn't fussed on the Italian football cheering.

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    Default Re: Flash animations of the battles of Zama and Pidna

    Quote Originally Posted by Husker98 View Post
    it's like watching tetris lol
    But tetris is actually much more fun than this.

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