AWESOME NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH TROUBLE DOWNLOADING!!! BOTH FINISHED CHAPTERS ARE NOW ON FILEFRONT! LINKS ARE GIVEN IN POST #2!
Hi all!
This is a study on Ancient Weapons. It's not all done yet, so here is the first chapter. It is an introduction to prominent cultures in the time period I am covering. Chapter 2 will be done on Friday at the latest, and Chapter 3 will hopefully be in a week or so.
Overview of chapters:
Chapter I is an overview of ancient history, primarily the fall of Persia, the rise of Macedon, the emergence of the Diadochi, and the Rise of Rome. I wanted to give this overview so you would understand the different cultures; knowing how long the akinakes was is not especially useful until you know who used it.
Chapter II is the study of weapons. It covers lots of Greek and Roman weapons, and a number of European and Middle Eastern weapons. ANY INPUT REGARDING EUROPEAN AND ASIAN WEAPONS IS ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED.
Chapter III will talk about the tactics. I figured its still not really valid to talk about cultures and their weapons without studying how the weapons were used in battle.
As noted, input is much sought after. Thanks guys!
I would very much appreciate feedback and criticism! All you guys give me feedback on the accuracy of my information, the quality of my writing and overall structure, and whatever else you come up with! So, hopefully (and especially when it is all revised with your help) it will be a handy resource for information on weapons of ancient times!
Big errors:
(1)Dieneces said "we will fight in the shade" not Leonidas. (2)Latins were not the senior class of ROMAN society. (3)Reference to Attila when it should have been Ghengis.
Last edited by Ariovistus Maximus; 05-31-2009 at 03:26.
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Thanks V.T. Marvin! I'm a little over 1/2 done, so I don't expect to cancel!
Hmmm; I don't know what your problem might be. I've noticed that people are having some problems though. My traffic monitor program-thingy keeps registring "password incorrect" all over the place. I hope its not spitting out half the people who try to get onto it. I've logged onto it a couple of times w/o problems, so I'm not sure what to do with it.
But my advice would be to try again later. Not much advice, I confess. It's possible that too many people are accessing the site at once; I only set it for 10 users at a time. Although, with just 200 views, I don't see how THAT many people would be logging on at the same time.
In the meantime, do you (or ANYBODY) know another way that I can give people access to my file??? Is there another format that I could use, or another medium of getting it online other than an FTP? Cuz my ftp is bein' kind of obnoxious I think.
Well, I hope it will work out for you and everybody else! I will try and figure out what I can do to make it work a bit better.
Good luck! Any advice on how to make it function properly would be appreciated. Oh, should I make the password a little simpler to avoid misstypes???
Awesome work, thx very much for sharing it, i have been "iluminated" by this, from now on my respect for the ancient civs has increased more than ever (it was big, but now even more!). Cheers! Can´t wait for chapter 3!!
Ahora mas que nunca, FUERZA CABROS!! ¡Viva Chile! Thrash till Death!
Anyways, there's been quite a bit on my plate lately, and I find it difficult to muster the initiative to finish this thing.
Why?
Well, for chapter 3 I'm writing about tactics. And of course a good way to demonstrate tactics is to tell about battles that show how and when given tactics were used.
So, as far as I've planned, I will be writing about the following battles:
I've made some encouraging headway; it's going well. Thanks for bearing with me.
In about a week I will be entering my local technical college, and ironically I will probably be less busy when I'm settled in there.
For the last several weeks I've been bogged down with a ton of preparations and preliminary junk. So yet another week and I shall have more time to devote to this project.
In Chapter I, Parthia is far too large, should only be east of the Caspian at this period. Scythia is a bit misplaced; I'll make a more accurate example for you.
However, it is good work. A fine start to what is sure to be a great series.
Not to nit-pick, but I recall the EB team said Lorica Segementata was not used too much, well not quite as much as thought. I also remember that roman helmet you displayed, I thought they didn't use that too much either. Or I am making it all up, I am not sure.
One thing I am relatively sure of, I thought the Xyston was used as a two handed lance by cavalry, whilst the one used by hoplites was called a doru, and I am not sure if these measurements are correct, but they were about 7-10 feet in length.
That is all, but remember the rest is very informative, I like it :)
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I wish you a lot of good luck and endurance with it! 
Not much advice, I confess. It's possible that too many people are accessing the site at once; I only set it for 10 users at a time. Although, with just 200 views, I don't see how THAT many people would be logging on at the same time. 
Thrash till Death!
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